Special exercises involving special units of the internal affairs agencies, national security, internal troops (national guard), special and anti-narcotics services, as well as emergency rescue and firefighting units, which are part of the special forces units of the Collective Rapid Response Forces (CRRF) of the CSTO, codenamed "Cobalt-2025," will be held from September 29 to October 3 in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. This was reported by the CSTO press service.
During the active phase of the exercises, joint special forces groups from the competent authorities of the CSTO member states will carry out training and practical operational-combat missions in conditions as close as possible to combat conditions.
CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov will participate in the active phase of the exercises and the summing up of their results. Representatives of relevant agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have been invited to observe the exercises.






































