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Eventually, the list was whittled down to twenty-eight persons of interest—fighters who had taken part in pivotal episodes, such as an attack on a Ukrainian military helicopter, which killed a general, and the downing of a Ukrainian plane carrying forty paratroopers.
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Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The funnies seem to be most active on the western edge of the Kursk salient, where Russian paratroopers have been counterattacking since November.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The murders are not limited to on-base; in one case, paratrooper specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez disappeared while camping on an island on the Outer Banks with half a dozen other soldiers from Fort Bragg.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
In video released Saturday by Ukraine’s Security Service, a spokesman says one of the North Koreans was captured on January 9 by Ukrainian special forces, and the other by Ukrainian paratroopers.
—Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The funnies seem to be most active on the western edge of the Kursk salient, where Russian paratroopers have been counterattacking since November.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The murders are not limited to on-base; in one case, paratrooper specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez disappeared while camping on an island on the Outer Banks with half a dozen other soldiers from Fort Bragg.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
In video released Saturday by Ukraine’s Security Service, a spokesman says one of the North Koreans was captured on January 9 by Ukrainian special forces, and the other by Ukrainian paratroopers.
—Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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