Update: CSTO drills in Kazakhstan engage 1,500 personnel, over 300 pieces of weapons

TASS (Russia) has reported on “Update: CSTO drills in Kazakhstan engage 1,500 personnel, over 300 pieces of weapons,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that during the exercises, participants are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations aimed at eliminating illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state

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