Troops parachuted into the country from 600ft from C-130 Hercules transportMore than 200 British paratroopers have jumped into Ukraine in a joint exercise with its army as a show of force against Vladimir Putin. Some 250 soldiers from Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade dropped into the Ternivsky training area where they teamed up with thousands of Ukrainian troops. A member of the Pathfinders exits the back of a Hercules C130 aircraft to parachute into Ukraine. Commander of 16 Air Assault Bridge, pictured right, is greeted by Lt Gen Yevhen Moysiuk, Commander of Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of UkraineTwo Hercules C130 planes fly over the dropzone at Ternivskiy training area. Troops parachuted into the country from 600ft from C-130 Hercules transport aircraft which had flown directly from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Source: Daily Mail September 19, 2020 14:01 UTC