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Commemoration of French paratroopers at Johan Willem Friso Barracks in Assen
Opposite the Johan Willem Friso barracks in Assen, about eighty soldiers stand stock still for a minute. At this place they commemorate the victims of ‘Operation Amherst’. Due to the…
Remembering 10 paratroopers who died in Rwanda in 1994
Remembering 10 paratroopers who died in Rwanda in 1994 252 Belgian soldiers have died in peacetime since the Second World War. Those soldiers are commemorated every year on April 7.…
Fallen Kortrijk paratroopers commemorated in World War II
Fallen Kortrijk paratroopers commemorated in World War II The commemoration at the Sint-Jan Cemetery was also the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the para commando units. They were founded…
Russia drops paratroopers over Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest city
Russian paratroopers landed early this Wednesday in Kharkivthe second largest city in Ukraine and located in the east of the country, which is still under Ukrainian control, although Russian soldiers…
Overview | Emergency meeting of UN nuclear watchdog, paratroopers attack on Kharkov
The United Nations nuclear watchdog will meet on Wednesday to discuss the safety of nuclear power plants and the storage of nuclear waste in Ukraine. In the night from Tuesday…
Chernobyl passed under the full control of Russian paratroopers
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had taken full control of the territory in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. “Yesterday, February 24 of this year, units…
Another plane with American paratroopers arrived in Poland
Another plane with American paratroopers arrived in Poland. The C-17A Globemaster III transport board delivered units from the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army there. The plane, which took…
17 aircraft with paratroopers returned to Russia
At the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, another 7 military transport aircraft landed with Russian paratroopers, who performed peacekeeping mission In Kazakhstan. According to the military, we are talking about 3…
Nine Russian planes with paratroopers and equipment arrived in Alma-Ata – RBK
Nine Russian military transport aircraft Il-76 with equipment and airborne troops on board landed at the airfield in Alma-Ata, the Defense Ministry said. “Nine Russian military transport aircraft Il-76 with…