Two Russian military men were killed while landing on exercises in Belarus

Two Russian servicemen were killed while parachuting as part of a surprise alert in Belarus. The death of the paratroopers was confirmed by the RF Ministry of Defense.

“As a result of a sudden strong gust of wind near the ground, the parachutes of two contract servicemen, who had highly qualified parachute training instructors, descended. The domes of both parachutists went out. One of the servicemen made an attempt to stop the uncontrolled fall of both by using his reserve parachute, “the Defense Ministry’s Information and Mass Communications Department said in a statement. leads RIA Novosti.

Due to insufficient altitude, the serviceman’s reserve parachute system did not have time to work. On a hard landing, both soldiers were fatally injured.

First about the incident at the Gozhsky training ground reported association of former employees of the Belarusian security forces “BYPOL”. According to him, during the landing, “two parachutists descended with the extinguishing of the canopy of one of the parachutes.”