CSTO summit: What’s on the table?

Issues of regional and international security will be high on the agenda of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, which kicks off in the Kazakh capital Astana on November 28.

Who's taking part?

🔸The summit will be attended by the presidents of five member states, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr Zhaparov, and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon.

🔸The sixth member state, Armenia, will not participate but has no objections to the planned documents being adopted at the summit.

🔸Also in attendance will be CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, as well as Secretaries General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Sergey Lebedev and Zhang Ming, respectively.

What’s the agenda?

📄The CSTO leaders will touch upon the escalation of relations between Russia and the West, as per Press Secretary of the CSTO secretariat Natalia Kharitonova.

📄Participants will also discuss security issues, the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, summarize the results of joint work, and determine plans for celebrating the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.

📄Kyrgyzstan, for its part, will present its priorities within the framework of the country’s CSTO chairmanship in 2025.

What’s to be signed?

✍️The CSTO leaders are expected to sign at least 14 documents, including the summit’s final declaration, which will reflect the members’ unified approach to key issues of international and regional agenda, according to Russia’s presidential aide Yury Ushakov.

✍️Other documents will pertain to strengthening allied relations, increasing joint combat capability, improving crisis response mechanisms, and implementing practical measures to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border, per Ushakov.

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🎥🎥 Putin takes part in CSTO Summit in Kazakhstan

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives at CSTO Summit in Kazakhstan
 
Other presidents of CSTO member states, including Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr Zhaparov, and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon, also take part in the event.
 
The CSTO leaders are expected to sign a number of official documents, including the summit’s final declaration.

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🔸Ukrainian losses in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's area of responsibility amounted to 415 militants;
 
🔸The Russian Zapad combat group repelled three Ukrainian counterattacks. The enemy lost up to 480 soldiers;
 
🔸Ukrainian forces lost up to 330 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Russian Yug Battlegroup;
 
🔸Russian forces hit Ukrainian military airfields in 146 districts;
 
🔸Russian air defense systems shot down a guided missile "Neptune" and 49 Ukrainian drones during the day.

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❗️Putin called the Russian X-101 missile an analog of Storm Shadow, Scalp and Taurus

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❗️Russia has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missile strikes means the direct involvement of the West in the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Russia knows how many Western weapons have been delivered to Ukraine and how many are planned to be delivered, Putin said.
 
He also stressed that the Russian X101 missile significantly exceeds the range of European-made systems.
 
And he noted that the Iskander modifications are Russian analogs of all three ATACMS modifications.

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⚡️Russia is forced to test the Oreshnik in response to long-range missile strikes in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia currently has multiple Oreshnik missile systems ready for deployment.

He emphasized that, in the event of a mass strike using these missiles, their combined power would be comparable to the use of nuclear weapons.

However, Putin clarified that the Oreshnik is not a weapon of mass destruction, but a highly precise weapon that does not carry a nuclear payload.

Putin also noted that global counterparts to the Oreshnik missile are not expected to emerge anytime soon.

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⚡️Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia will respond to ongoing strikes from Western long-range weapons, including the possibility of further testing of the Oreshnik missile system.

He also mentioned that targets are currently being selected for strikes on Ukrainian territory, with potential targets including decision-making centers in Kiev.

Putin emphasized that Russia would always retaliate against attacks on its territory, specifically referring to strikes by ATACMS missiles.

He further stated that those executing orders from what he termed the "usurpers of power" in Ukraine would be considered accomplices in their crimes.

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❗️President Vladimir Putin revealed new details about the operation of Russia's Oreshnik missile:

🔸The missile's warhead reaches a temperature of 4,000 degrees Celsius, making it highly destructive.

🔸Anything in the blast zone is broken down into elementary particles, essentially turning it into dust.

🔸The Oreshnik can target even well-protected, deeply buried structures, making it effective against fortified sites.

🔸While not a weapon of mass destruction, its power is still capable of causing massive destruction without a nuclear charge.

🔸The missile is designed for extremely precise strikes, ensuring high-value targets are hit with deadly accuracy.

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