Russia has not officially requested assistance from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in response to the Ukrainian military advance in the Kursk region, stated the CSTO Secretariat, according to the Kazakh service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. “According to the procedure adopted by the CSTO, a member state in need of military assistance must officially request support from the Organization. At this time, no such request has been made by the Russian Federation regarding the situation in the Kursk region,” the CSTO Secretariat stated. The CSTO Secretariat and relevant Russ…