Daily snapshot
CSTO 2026 military exercises kick off in Belarus
An opening ceremony for the command and staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces Indestructible Brotherhood 2026 took place at Victory Square in Vitebsk on 11 October. Foot formations of the military contingents from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan lined up at Victory Square in Vitebsk. The event participants laid flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex honoring the Soviet liberator soldiers, partisans, and underground fighters of Vitebsk Oblast, as well as at the monument To Paratroopers of All Generations.
