The Situation in the CSTO Responsibility Zone is Tense, Says CSTO Joint Staff Chief

The situation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) responsibility zone remains complex and tense. During a press conference, CSTO Joint Staff Chief Colonel General Anatoly Sidirov made this statement.

“Unfortunately, the situation in the CSTO responsibility zone is characterized as complex and tense. The main source of military security challenges and threats is the destructive activities of certain Western elites aimed at undermining the situation around the organization and its individual member states,” said Sidirov, as reported by TASS.

The CSTO Joint Staff Chief added that the West has assigned Ukraine the role of an anti-Russian stronghold, making the country the