The Russian military arrived in Kazakhstan to help the current government. The first footage of the security forces before their departure appeared on the network, writes UNN.
"The first plane with Russian peacekeepers arrived in Kazakhstan," writes Telegram channel Shot.
In the video, which was published by the channel, the sending of the military to the country is recorded.
Earlier, UNN reported that two planes of the Air Force of the Russian Federation on Thursday morning flew in the direction of Kazakhstan.
It also became known that Russia has sent its troops to Kazakhstan as part of a peacekeeping operation of the CSTO.
According to media reports, Russian Federation's units and military units of the Airborne Troops joined the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO.
Meanwhile, it became known that the commandant's office in Alma-Ata reported that 13 law enforcement officers had died and 353 others were wounded.
Thus, the local state television channel Khabar 24 first reported that according to the data of the commandant's office of Alma-Ata as of 09:00 Kiev time 353 members of the law enforcement bodies were wounded and 12 were killed.
Later the channel, quoting more precise data from the commandant's office, said that 13 law enforcers were killed in Alma-Ata, two of them were beheaded. However, the TV channel did not provide evidence of the beheadings.It is also reported that more than a thousand people were injured as a result of the mass protests in different cities of Kazakhstan.
Recall that the protests in Kazakhstan broke out after the January 1, doubled the price of automobile gas: from 60 tenge to 120 per liter.
On the night of January 5, because of the mass demonstrations the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared the state of emergency in Alma-Ata and Almaty and Mangistau regions.
In the morning of January 5, Tokayev sent the government of Kazakhstan into resignation. He also instructed to introduce temporary state regulation of prices of liquefied gas, gasoline and diesel.
On the day before, a state of emergency and curfew were introduced throughout Kazakhstan.
Earlier, the authorities announced an "anti-terrorist operation".
President Tokayev said that "terrorist gangs" had conducted serious training abroad and one of such gangs seized five aircraft in Alma-Ata.
It should be noted that the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, held a meeting of the counter-terrorist headquarters on January 5 and appealed to the heads of the CSTO states for assistance in restoring order in the country.
Kazakhstani Air Force Major General Toktar Aubakirov, speaking on state-run Khabar TV, called on all CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) members to send troops into the country. According to Aubakirov, all member countries of the CSTO must deploy troops, not just one.
As you know, the CSTO includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
