Two Russian paratroopers drowned during a military exercise in Crimea when they landed in the water after parachute jumping, the Southern Military District’s press service has told reporters.
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The exercises were carried out on Wednesday at the Stary Krym testing range. “Two contract servicemen of a military unit of Russia’s Airborne Troops deployed to Crimea landed into the water and failed to get rid of a parachute harness,” the press service said. The rescue service tried to take steps to rescue them, but the servicemen drowned.
The law enforcement agencies together with a commission of the Airborne Troops’ command will investigate the causes of the incident.