The withdrawal of the Kyrgyz military after the completion of the CSTO mission in Kazakhstan.
epa09684914 Kyrgyz military at the Ak-Jol checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border, about 30 kilometers from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 14 January 2022. Kyrgyz military, consists of 150 servicemen, eight armored vehicles and 11 military equipment from the 25th Special Forces Brigade 'Scorpion', returned to Kyrgyzstan after taking part of the peacekeeping mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan. The military from Kyrgyzstan served to protect the Almaty thermal power plant (CHP-2). EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO