• British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
    British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
  • British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade wait to board a C130 transport aircraft at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
    British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade wait to board a C130 transport aircraft at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
  • A British paratrooper with the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade is helped by another soldier before boarding a C130 transport aircraft at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus for an airdrop over Jordan. Britain's armed forces minister says the country's paratroopers are training with Jordanian soldiers to underscore the UK's support for Jordan and regional stability. AP
    A British paratrooper with the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade is helped by another soldier before boarding a C130 transport aircraft at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus for an airdrop over Jordan. Britain's armed forces minister says the country's paratroopers are training with Jordanian soldiers to underscore the UK's support for Jordan and regional stability. AP
  • British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
    British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
  • British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
    British paratroopers with the 16th Air Assault Brigade sit on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus waiting to board a C130 transport aircraft for an airdrop over Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP
  • A British paratrooper with the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade adjusts his helmet as he sits on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus. AP Photo
    A British paratrooper with the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade adjusts his helmet as he sits on the apron at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus. AP Photo
  • A British paratrooper with the 16th Air Assault Brigade adjusts his helmet at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus. AP
    A British paratrooper with the 16th Air Assault Brigade adjusts his helmet at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus. AP
  • A C130 transport aircraft is seen in the distance after it dropped paratroopers as part of a joint British-Jordanian military exercise. AP
    A C130 transport aircraft is seen in the distance after it dropped paratroopers as part of a joint British-Jordanian military exercise. AP
  • A paratrooper from Britain's 16th Air Assault Brigade waits for the green light to jump from a transport aircraft as part of an exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP Photo
    A paratrooper from Britain's 16th Air Assault Brigade waits for the green light to jump from a transport aircraft as part of an exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP Photo
  • A paratrooper from Britain's 16th Air Assault Brigade waits for the green light to jump from a transport aircraft as part of an exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP Photo
    A paratrooper from Britain's 16th Air Assault Brigade waits for the green light to jump from a transport aircraft as part of an exercise with Jordanian soldiers. AP Photo
  • Transport aircraft fly between Israel and Jordan after a drop by paratroopers as part of a joint British-Jordanian exercise. AP
    Transport aircraft fly between Israel and Jordan after a drop by paratroopers as part of a joint British-Jordanian exercise. AP
  • A British RAF Typhoon aircraft escorts a C130 transport plane on its way to Jordan for an airdrop of paratroopers from the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade. AP
    A British RAF Typhoon aircraft escorts a C130 transport plane on its way to Jordan for an airdrop of paratroopers from the UK's 16th Air Assault Brigade. AP

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British and Jordanian paratrooper exercise - in pictures

Soldiers boarded a C130 transport aircraft at RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus for an airdrop over Jordan

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June 27, 2021

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Fireball

Moscow claimed it hit the largest military fuel storage facility in Ukraine, triggering a huge fireball at the site.

A plume of black smoke rose from a fuel storage facility in the village of Kalynivka outside Kyiv on Friday after Russia said it had destroyed the military site with Kalibr cruise missiles.

"On the evening of March 24, Kalibr high-precision sea-based cruise missiles attacked a fuel base in the village of Kalynivka near Kyiv," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.

Ukraine confirmed the strike, saying the village some 40 kilometres south-west of Kyiv was targeted.

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