Overview
- Organizers said the combined final stage wrapped up on October 24 at the Fakhrabad range with about 1,500 personnel and more than 200 pieces of equipment.
- The finale merged the CIS “Sodruzhestvo‑Antiterror‑2025” exercise with the CSTO peacekeeping drill “Indestructible Brotherhood‑2025” and the ODKB RKhBZ/medical drill “Barrier‑2025,” enabling sequential counterterror and peacekeeping actions on one battlefield.
- Scenarios included freeing hostages from a seized Yak‑40 and an administrative building, quelling organized unrest with detentions, supporting a ceasefire, neutralizing biological threats, defeating hostile UAVs, evacuating civilians, and protecting a humanitarian convoy in mountain terrain.
- ODKB Joint Staff chief Andrey Serdyukov said the goal is durable, lawful peace and reliable security in Central Asia, highlighted continued development of CSTO peacekeeping capabilities, and noted the organization’s 2025 training cycle has concluded.
- A CIS antiterror conference in Dushanbe drew delegations from 12 countries with UN, CSTO and SCO participation, and the SCO’s RATS director announced a joint SCO antiterror drill in Iran on December 4.