Russian servicemen of the CSTO peacekeeping force contingent at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow regionCHKALOVSKY (Moscow region), January 16< /strong>Nineteen aircraft of the Aerospace Forces with Russian peacekeepers from the CSTO forces arrived from Kazakhstan at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Earlier it was reported that on Sunday 19 aircraft took off from the Almaty airfield, which will deliver Russian peacekeepers from the collective forces to the Russian Federation CSTO.
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«Nineteen aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces (18 Il-76 aircraft and 1 An-124 Ruslan aircraft) with Russian peacekeepers from the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO arrived from Kazakhstan at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow,» the report says. protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022, as residents of the western cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau protested against doubling the price of liquefied natural gas, later spreading to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and largest city of the republic: there looting began, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons.In response, the authorities imposed a state of emergency throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorist 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, killed 17 Kazakh security officials, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent headquarters of 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 for help from the CSTO «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 said that the terrorists, including those who had 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. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
Zas considers Kazakhstan's appeal to the CSTO for help justified