It was closely linked to the maneuvers of the Organization of the Collective safety Agreement (ODKB): "Co-operation-2025", "Search-2025" and "Echelon-2025", which took place on 1-6 September in the territory of Belarus, including the Lepelski Police Area. No more than 2,000 soldiers from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were active in the ODB exercises, as well as about 450 pieces of equipment.