CSTO Military Drills Begin in Belarus Without Armenia

Three CSTO military exercises have started in Belarus: "Interaction-2025", "Search-2025", and "Echelon-2025". Armenia is not participating in the exercises.

More than 2,000 military personnel and 450 units of armaments, military, and special equipment, including 9 combat aircraft and helicopters, and over 70 UAVs, are participating in the CSTO exercises held in Belarus, the Joint Press Center for the exercises reported.

Contingents of the CSTO troops from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan are participating in the exercises.