The Russian Defense Ministry says that the Russian peacekeeping forces have begun carrying out the tasks entrusted to them to protect vital installations and key infrastructure in Kazakhstan.
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Russian paratroopers depart for Kazakhstan a few days ago (quoting the Russian Defense Ministry)
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian peacekeeping forces are on a mission Collective Security Treaty Organization, began to carry out the tasks entrusted to it to protect vital installations and key infrastructure in Kazakhstan.
And the Russian Defense said, in a statement, today, Sunday, that “units of… Russian peacekeepingwhich had previously arrived on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, began to carry out the tasks entrusted to it to protect vital installations, airports and major social infrastructure facilities.
The ministry stressed that “the main tasks of the CSTO peacekeeping forces include protecting important government and military facilities in Kazakhstan and helping Kazakh law enforcement agencies stabilize the situation and return it to the legal sphere.”
For its part, the Ministry of the Interior of Kazakhstan said, today, Sunday, that:More than 5135 people were arrestedDuring the recent protests across Kazakhstan.
The CSTO countries announced earlier, sending Peacekeepers To Kazakhstan after Appeal to the President of Kazakhstan Qasim-Jomart Tokayev, leaders of the member states of the organization, helped his country to overcome what he described as the “terrorist threat”. The collective peacekeeping forces include, in addition to the forces of the Russian Federation, units of the armed forces of Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Earlier, the President of Kazakhstan, the army Shooting the militants Without warning, he added, “We are dealing with foreign bandits, and 20,000 terrorists participated in the attack.”
Kazakhstan has been witnessing for days wave of protests It started with economic demands that turned into violent clashes between protesters and security forces in a number of cities, including Alma-Ata, the largest city in the country.
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