Russia. With more than 450 troops, the mass exercise has been deemed the biggest in more than 20 years, reports Mirror Online.
This comes as Russian President, Vladimir Putin stepped up military operations against its neighbour Ukraine. British troops conducted the exercise to show solidarity with the embattled country.The Mirror was the only British newspaper allowed to witness the para-drop, named Joint Endeavour.Elite Pathfinder soldiers had earlier parachuted in to scope a landing zone for the main assault force.Troops laden with up to 80lb of combat kit were dropped from C-130 warplanes flying at 600ft after leaving RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.Soon after landing, Sgt John Jenkins, 33, of 7 Para RHA, told us: “We’re carrying a huge.
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