Kyrgyz peacekeepers flew to Kazakhstan from the airfield of the Kant United Russian military base. Archive photo BISHKEK, 13 Jan. Kyrgyz servicemen participating in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan will return to their homeland on January 14, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense told RIA Novosti on Thursday. from Almaty to the point of permanent deployment — Tokmok — in the afternoon of January 14, «- said a spokesman for the press service. 
In 14 regions of Kazakhstan, the red level of terrorist threat was canceled 150 Kyrgyz military and 19 pieces of equipment took part in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan. In Alma-Ata, they took over the protection of strategic objects. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022: residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. 
The CSTO will approve the procedure for withdrawing peacekeepers from Kazakhstan 13 January
