MINSK, August 7. /TASS/. The Belarusian-Kazakh tactical and special exercise Top of Brotherhood 2026 has ended in Kazakhstan, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported.

"Over the course of several days at the Koktal training range [in the Zhetysu region], personnel from combined groups of Belarusian special operations forces and Kazakhstani airborne assault troops practiced training and joint operations to conduct reconnaissance, search for, and neutralize illegal armed groups in mountainous and desert terrain," the statement reads.

Service members who distinguished themselves during the exercise received badges of distinction for strengthening military cooperation.