Us Paratroopers

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.

Over 300 British, Belgian and US paratroopers jumped from three A400M transport aircraft over Normandy in France yesterday, recreating the 'D-Day' landings on its 80th Anniversary.

Several US paratroopers were injured in a botched night parachute exercise in Mississippi Wednesday, local media reported.

Russia on Friday warned that the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels could reignite the conflict, leading to mass bloodshed.

About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement.

Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today.

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.

Over 300 British, Belgian and US paratroopers jumped from three A400M transport aircraft over Normandy in France yesterday, recreating the 'D-Day' landings on its 80th Anniversary.

Several US paratroopers were injured in a botched night parachute exercise in Mississippi Wednesday, local media reported.

Russia on Friday warned that the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels could reignite the conflict, leading to mass bloodshed.

About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement.

Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today.