The military of Ukraine and the United States parachuted together

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The military of several countries conducted a joint landing

For the first time in history, Ukrainian and American military personnel carried out a joint landing.

As part of the Rapid Trident - 2021 multinational exercise, the airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, US troops and other units of partner countries were jointly dropped. This was announced on Saturday, September 25, by the command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its Facebook page.

"The landing took place from the military transport aircraft of the US Armed Forces C-130 Hercules, using the American T-11 parachute systems from a height of 400 meters," the message says.

It is noted that on the eve of the personnel, which already has considerable experience in landing from domestic parachute systems and various types of aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, underwent appropriate additional training under the guidance of instructors of the US Armed Forces.

Военные Украины и США совместно десантировались

Впервые в истории украинские и американские военнослужащие провели совместное десантирование.

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Rapid Trident 2021: Military exercise involving troops from 15 countries begins in Ukraine​

Multinational Ukrainian-American military exercise, Rapid Trident 2021, kicked off in Western Ukraine. Around 6,000 troops will participate in the exercise.​

Multinational Ukrainian-American military exercise Rapid Trident 2021 kicked off in the Lviv region on Monday, September 20. The opening ceremony of the Rapid Trident 2021 was attended by representatives of the Command of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Operational Command "East", representatives of the US Armed Forces and partner countries, according to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The military personnel from 15 countries will participate in this year's exercise.

The opening ceremony of the multinational Ukrainian-American military drills was held in western Ukraine on Monday, September 20, according to the Associated Press. Around 6,000 military personnel from 15 countries are participating in the military exercise between September 20 and October 1. Alongside the forces of the countries of Ukraine and the US, the military personnel from other countries like Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Jordan, Moldova, Pakistan, and Poland. In addition, the personnel of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade will take part in the Rapid Trident 2021 exercise, according to the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

Ukrainian-American military exercise​

In a tweet, the Information Agency of the Ministry of Defense wrote, "Ukrainian-American exercises Rapid Trident - 2021 started in Lviv region[sic]."