Russian paratroopers tumble from the belly of a giant transport plane into a sky of cotton clouds and then proceed to fight a three-day mock battle in a winter wasteland.
The recent exercise on Franz Josef Land, a Russian archipelago of largely uninhabited islands in the High Arctic
The paratroopers jumped from an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft from a height of 10,000 metres (30,000 feet) and were, according to the Russian Defence Ministry and media reports, testing new equipment developed for extreme cold weather operations.
A Russian paratrooper is pictured conducting a high-altitude jump over the Arctic on April 25. (Russian Defence Ministry)
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