After Kazakh President Tokayev addressed the CSTO, peacekeepers began arriving in the republic.
A Belarusian peacekeeping contingent, staffed by contract servicemen of the 103rd Vitebsk Airborne Brigade of Special Operations Forces, was also sent to Kazakhstan.
Currently, Belarusian peacekeepers have begun protecting the military airfield of Kazakhstan, reports “”.
The military personnel were delivered to the territory of Kazakhstan by transport of the Military Space Forces of the Russian Federation.
CSTO peacekeepers are not involved in military operations to establish law and order in the country.
According to the agreements reached with the Kazakh authorities, Belarusian military personnel will carry out tasks as planned.
During transportation and stay, no emergency situations were recorded.
Russian and Armenian military personnel also arrived in Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO peacekeeping forces.
Russian military personnel are leaving for Kazakhstan from the Severny airfield in the Ivanovo region. More than 20 flights are planned for this purpose.
