The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed the transfer of Russian troops to Kazakhstan from three airfields in Russia.Russia occupied the Ukrainian Crimea in 2014 / UNIAN

General Andrei Serdyukov, who in 2014 led the special operation to seize Crimea, will lead the  Russian “peacekeepers” as part of the CSTO troops in Kazakhstan.

This was reported by Interfax .

According to the representative of the RF Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov, the period of stay of the RF “mission” in Kazakhstan is limited. But he did not give exact dates.

Serdyukov was the coordinator on the territory of the occupied peninsula in the process of its capture. The general also commanded a group of Russian occupation forces in Donbas and operated under the name of Sedov.

On October 4, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Serdyukov as commander of the Russian Airborne Forces.

The Ukrainian military prosecutor’s office has sent an indictment against the Russian to the court; he faces up to 15 years in prison.

The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed the transfer of Russian troops to Kazakhstan from three airfields in Russia.

Russian paratroopers are loading “standard equipment and weapons. The Russian military in Kazakhstan has already begun to perform” tasks “, they provide reception and deployment of the main forces of the contingent.

In turn, Washington  has questions about the introduction of CSTO troops into the country for “peacekeeping purposes”.

(c)UNIAN 2022