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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.
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Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The sub-brand is named after the 125cc field bike that was air-dropped alongside paratroopers during World War II (the parachute in the new Flying Flea logo is a reference to this).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
New footage shared by Ukrainian paratroopers appears to show soldiers in a U.S.-supplied Stryker armored vehicle running over Russian fighters after running out of ammunition.
—Ellie Cook, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
From 1948 to 1972, Waugh served as an Army paratrooper and Green Beret, the colloquial name for Special Forces soldiers.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
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Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The sub-brand is named after the 125cc field bike that was air-dropped alongside paratroopers during World War II (the parachute in the new Flying Flea logo is a reference to this).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
New footage shared by Ukrainian paratroopers appears to show soldiers in a U.S.-supplied Stryker armored vehicle running over Russian fighters after running out of ammunition.
—Ellie Cook, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
From 1948 to 1972, Waugh served as an Army paratrooper and Green Beret, the colloquial name for Special Forces soldiers.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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