Final stage of joint exercise with CSTO Peacekeeping Forces Unbreakable Brotherhood 2023 takes place in Kyrgyzstan
13.10.2023
On October 13, on the basis of the Edelweiss training center of the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic, the final stage of the joint exercise with the CSTO peacekeeping forces Unbreakable Brotherhood 2023 held within the framework of the CSTO joint operational and strategic exercise Combat Brotherhood-2023 took place.
The actions of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO were observed by CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, Minister of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Tajikistan Colonel General Sherali Mirzo, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus Major General Viktor Gulevich, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, Commander of the airborne assault Troops of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Major General Almaz Dzhumakeev, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, representatives of the Secretariat and the Joint Staff of the CSTO, the armed forces of the member states The CSTO, the military and diplomatic corps accredited in the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as representatives of international regional organizations, etc.
The main objectives of the exercise were to improve the practical skills of officials of the management bodies and personnel of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, to increase the coherence of military units and subunits when performing tasks during a peacekeeping operation in the Central Asian region of collective Security.
Under the overall leadership of the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, Colonel Artur Temirov, national contingents of peacekeeping forces, which included units of the armed forces, internal affairs bodies, police, internal troops and National Guard troops, security and emergency agencies of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, took part in the exercise, operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat. In total, about 1,500 military personnel, more than 200 units of military and special equipment were involved in the exercise, including Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24 helicopters, Su-25, Su-30 and Il-76 aircraft, UAVs and combat boats.
In the conditions of the highlands, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone were worked out conducting a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system and providing humanitarian assistance. Practical actions provided for the implementation by Collective peacekeeping forces together with the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of combat training tasks at checkpoints and reception points for victims, accompanied by convoys and cargo, the liberation of the settlement, the rescue of hostages and the provision of humanitarian assistance.
During a joint exercise with the Peacekeeping Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) The Unbreakable Brotherhood 2023 contingents of five states worked out actions at checkpoints, tasks at a filtration point and a refugee camp, escorting convoys with humanitarian cargo, blocking a settlement, as well as freeing hostages from a captured ship and providing assistance to victims.
The first episode of the exercise involved working out actions when militants infiltrated the territory of the state in order to destabilize the internal political situation. The Border Guard Service discovered a conditional band, delayed its advance and made a withdrawal under the cover of the fire of the Msta-B howitzer platoon. Monitoring of the situation from the air was carried out by crews of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Orlan-10, Zala and Su-25 aircraft, which also carried out an air strike on the positions of the militants. In the battle formations, the crews of the Igla portable anti-aircraft missile system, the D-30 battery, the Msta-B artillery platoon, company tactical groups on infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, with the support of the Mi-8MTV helicopter link and the crews of the Mukha attack unmanned aerial vehicle, operated.
The second episode of the exercise unfolded in the waters of Lake Issyk-Kul. In the course of practical actions, a group of boats of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out the blocking of the captured vessel. The special operations forces of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic landed on board the ship from the Mi-8 MTV helicopter by rope method, carried out an assault, neutralized the terrorists, freed and evacuated the hostages. The nuclear, biological and chemical protection unit has worked out conducting nuclear, biological and chemical protection reconnaissance. The diving group performed a dive, inspection and lifting of the container on board the raid diving boat RVC-1328 Vice Admiral Temirov.
In the third episode, the peacekeeping contingents worked out interaction while patrolling the area. The work of checkpoints and checkpoints in accordance with the terms of the truce in the conflict region, the counteraction of UAVs by the crews of the Igla MANPADS and the crews of the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft installation. The peacekeepers worked out the localization of a group of protesters, the release of hostages from the buildings of the railway station and airport, the organization of the defence of the checkpoint with the destruction of the Jihad mobile and the manpower of the enemy from the armament of armored personnel carriers, ZU-23-2 and small arms, the joint organization and operation of a collection point for victims equipped with places for accommodation, food and medical center. In addition, a set of filtration measures was worked out to identify embedded agents, the provision of psychological and medical assistance, the actions of the engineering group using the TALON mine clearance complex, the elimination of the consequences of the explosion of a cattle burial ground with anthrax spores.
A separate episode of the exercise was the delivery of humanitarian supplies by a ground car convoy with the repulse of an attack by a conditional sabotage group, as well as by an air transport method of dumping.
The completion of practical actions was the working out of the interaction of units during the cleaning of a settlement captured by an illegal armed formation. In order to prevent the withdrawal of militants and the localization of the conflict area in the rear of the conditional enemy, tactical landing groups worked out the tasks. The cleaning of the settlement was carried out by special purpose units. The units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have worked out measures to extinguish fires and provide medical assistance.
Summing up the results of the exercise, CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov thanked the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic for preparing and conducting this important event and the servicemen participating in the exercise for their initiative, professionalism and diligence. Noting the high combat training of all the units involved, Imangali Tasmagambetov stressed that the level of training of the units of the Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO member states meets the requirements that life puts before us today.
In his speech, during the closing ceremony of the exercise, the Minister of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov, thanked all participants of the exercise for their high military skill and professionalism, diligence and full dedication, noted that "at the annual exercises we have the opportunity to work out topical issues of the functioning and use of the CSTO peacekeeping forces. The servicemen of our countries have once again consolidated their field training and significantly improved their practical skills.
'The Defence Minister also noted that 'The main feature of our exercise was the fact that in addition to coordinated actions on land, the issue of joint actions with the Test Base of the Russian Navy stationed on Lake Issyk-Kul was practically worked out. For the first time, the blue expanse of Issyk-Kul - the Pearl of Central Asia is involved in the course of combat training tasks.'
At the end of his speech, the head of the Defence Department of Kyrgyzstan wished the participants of the exercise a good journey and a happy return to their homeland to their relatives and friends, as well as further success in improving military skills.
The joint exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces Unbreakable Brotherhood 2023 ended with the awarding of the most distinguished servicemen and the passage of a solemn march of military contingents.
Press Service of the Central Military District
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