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Two Russian paratroopers have drowned during exercises in the Moscow-annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea.

Officials from Russia’s Southern Military Region said on June 26 that the two paratroopers who served in the Russian Army on a contract basis died during routine parachute jumps at the Stariy Krym (Old Crimea) training field.

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