The active phase of the CSTO military exercises "Frontier-2025" has begun in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 17 Sep – RIA Novosti. The active phase of the military exercises of the collective rapid deployment forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Frontier-2025" starts in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday and will last until September 20, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense told reporters.
"In the period from September 17 to September 20, 2025, the command and staff exercise of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Rubezh-2025" will be held on the territory of the training center of the military unit 20636 of the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic," the message says.
It is noted that in addition to the Kyrgyz military, contingents from Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan will take part in the exercises. Personnel and military equipment from these countries have already arrived in the city of Balykchy on the coast of Issyk-Kul, where the active phase of the exercises will take place at the Edelweiss training ground.
According to the CSTO joint press center, the exercises are aimed at working out the issues of training and conducting combat operations in the Central Asian region (CAR) to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a member state of the Organization. The chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, had previously emphasized that the exercises were planned and not directed against third countries.
According to the CSTO press center, a number of classes and training camps were held in preparation for the Rubezh-2025 exercises. In particular, on September 15, on the territory of the Edelweiss training Center, under the general guidance of the CSTO Joint Staff, instructional and methodological classes were held with the command of the Central African Republic's KSBR on management, formation and coordination.
During the training, the materials of which were prepared taking into account the experience of conducting a special military operation by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the officers of the CSTO Joint Staff spoke about the deployment of work at the control center of the Central African Republic. Attention was also paid to repelling attacks by enemy drones on control points. Representatives of the defense departments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, numbering more than 160 people, were involved in the classes. The event ended with a practical demonstration of the actions of the forces and means on duty when repelling attacks by a simulated enemy UAV at the control center of the Central African Republic.
Also on September 14, an operational gathering was held in Kyrgyzstan on the topic "Fundamentals of the preparation and conduct of military operations of the Central African Republic's KSBR to destroy illegal armed groups that invaded the territory of a CSTO member state." Representatives of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the CSTO Joint Staff familiarized the participants of the event with the analysis of challenges and threats in the Central Asian region, the state and prospects of development of the CSTO military component, practical recommendations on the organization and conduct of hostilities, with current trends in the use of air defense forces and means, electronic warfare and UAVs in armed conflicts. The officers of the command were also familiarized with the issues of the development of controls, the specifics of the use of forces and equipment of the engineering troops, RCBZ units, and the organization of technical and logistical support for the Central African Republic's KSBR.
The objectives of the gathering were to develop common approaches to organizing the work of the operational staff of the Central African Republic's CSIS during the preparation and conduct of combat operations, as well as coordinating the command and staff of the Central African Republic's CSIS on the eve of the active phase of the Rubezh-2025 command and staff exercise.
The Central African Republic's KSBR, formed in 2001 on the basis of a decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, includes units and permanent readiness units of the armed forces equipped with modern weapons systems and military equipment. The main tasks of the Central African Republic's CSIS are to participate in repelling external military aggression and in conducting joint counter-terrorism operations. -0-
