Ekaterinburg. August 30. INTERFAX-About 300 Russian military personnel and more than 60 pieces of equipment have been transferred to Kyrgyzstan for the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" maneuvers, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.
"Up to 300 military personnel and more than 60 pieces of equipment will be involved from the Russian contingent," the report says.
The maneuvers in Kyrgyzstan will take place against the background of the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) has come to power.
Russia has sent military personnel of a mountain motorized rifle brigade from Tuva to Kyrgyzstan for exercises, the military said. "Military contingents from the republics of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan will take part in the exercise," the press service of the Central Military District reported.
"During the exercise, Russian servicemen will work out the preparation and conduct of a joint military operation to block and destroy conditional illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a member state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," the Central Military District said.
The commander of the Central Military District troops, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, reported earlier that nine joint international exercises will be held in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan during the summer training period. The main event of joint training of troops will be the anti-terrorist exercise "Peace Mission-2021".
Earlier on Monday, the Central Military District reported on the maneuvers of the Russian military with live firing at a training ground in the mountains of Tajikistan. About 500 servicemen of motorized rifle units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan participate in them.
In addition, according to the Central Military District, the Russian military in Tajikistan conducted exercises with the C-300 long-range air defense system, electronic missile launches were made at five air targets of a simulated enemy. The S-300PS division is responsible for the air defense of the Russian military base in Tajikistan.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold maneuvers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan this autumn with the participation of several thousand military personnel, CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov told Interfax on August 27. "These are planned exercises. Several thousand servicemen are expected to participate, " he said.
According to him, the exercises of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Collective Security Region "Rubezh-2021"will be held in Kyrgyzstan on September 7-9.
Zainetdinov said that in October, exercises will be held in Tajikistan near the border with Afghanistan with the intelligence forces of the armed forces of the CSTO states "Search-2021", logistics units "Echelon-2021" and Collective Rapid Reaction Forces-"Interaction - 2021".
In November, a special tactical exercise "Cobalt-2021" is planned in Tajikistan with special purpose units of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO. Within the framework of this exercise, tasks will be worked out to curb the activities of illegal armed groups.
