MOSCOW (Sputnik) — More than 2,000 paratroopers will practice parachute jumps in four regions of the country during scheduled exercises on January 20, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"The paratroopers will carry out simultaneous jumps in four different constituent entities of Russia. The mass Airborne Forces airdrop will be carried out using D-10 parachute systems and Arbalet-2 special purpose parachute systems," the statement said.
Paratroopers will simultaneously jump out of Il-76 (NATO reporting name: Candid) planes. Some 20 aircraft from the Russian Aerospace Troops will be used in the exercises.
Last month, the Airborne Forces announced that some 5,000 paratroopers would practice parachute jumps across Russia in January in over 300 flights.
