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epa09672894 A handout still image taken from handout video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows Russian military vehicles on their way to board a military flight to take part in a 'CSTO peacekeeping operation' in Kazakhstan, at Ivanovo-North airport in the Ivanovo region, Russia, 08 January 2022. In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council adopted on 06 January 2022, the collective peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have been sent 'for a limited time to stabilize and normalize the situation to Kazakhstan' at the request of the Kazakh president. They include units of the Armed Forces of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on 08 January that the tranfer of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan's 'Almaty' and 'Zhitygen' airfields continued by military transport aircraft from Russia's airfields in the Moscow, Ivanovo, and Ulyanovsk regions. EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS S -- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES