{"id":198834,"date":"2026-08-06T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198834\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:09:28","slug":"belarus-to-host-csto-peacekeeping-biosecurity-drills-in-october","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198834\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus to host CSTO peacekeeping, biosecurity drills in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Joint Staff of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to hold the Unbreakable Brotherhood-2026 and Barrier-2026 drills in Belarus from October 12 to 16, Valeryj Ravienka of the Belarus\u2019 defense ministry has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u0141a\u015bvida training ground near Viciebsk in the northern Belarus, home to the 103rd Separate Guards Airborne Brigade, will host both drills, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two months ago, officials from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, as well as the Joint Staff and the Secretariat of the CSTO approved the exercise synopsis, the composition of the command structure and national contingents, procedures for conducting drills and arrangements for comprehensive logistical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drills will reportedly focus on preparing and conducting a peacekeeping operation involving the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces and on measures to neutralize sources of biological threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CSTO is a military-political alliance whose declared goals are strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability and protecting its member states\u2019 independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty. It consists of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Yerevan suspended its participation in CSTO, accusing its individual members of \u201cplanning a war\u201d against Armenia together with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, Pozirk. The Joint Staff of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to hold the Unbreakable Brotherhood-2026 and Barrier-2026 drills in Belarus from October 12 to 16, Valeryj Ravienka of the Belarus\u2019 defense ministry has said. The \u0141a\u015bvida training ground near Viciebsk in the northern Belarus, home to the 103rd Separate Guards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59434,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-198834","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus to host CSTO peacekeeping, biosecurity drills in October | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 6, Pozirk. 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