US Army soldiers undergo parachute training at crucial Alaska base in show of force to Putin

US ARMY soldiers underwent further training in the latest show of force to Vladimir Putin as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.

Soldiers with the 1st Squadron 40th Cavalry Regiment conducted an airborne infiltration and insert as opposing forces for Alaska’s first Home Station Combat Training Center rotation on Wednesday.

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The US Army base in Alaska tweeted: "Chaos from the air! So begins #JPMRC2202!"

Brian Eifler, the Commanding General for the US Army in Alaska, tweeted, "Chaos Troop from 1-40 CAV inserts as OPFOR to kick off the first Combat Center Rotation in Alaska #JPMRC .

"Game on! Thrive, operate, and fight in extreme cold weather. Alaska; only for the bold."

Fort Greely, the remote military base in Alaska, boasts 33 missile interceptors standing at 60ft with "kill vehicles" fixed at the tip, designed to blast enemy warheads out of the sky.

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It would also be tasked with protecting America against invading Russian troops if they decided to launch an attack via the Bering Strait – where the countries are separated by just 55 miles.

The rigorous training is the latest show of force by the American army after dozens of US fighter jets showcased an "elephant walk" at an airbase in Japan last week.

The move came after Joe Biden branded Russian President Putin a "dictator," warning he has "no idea what’s coming" amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian authorities reported that more than 2,000 civilians had been killed in the first seven days of the war.

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Russian troops have completely surrounded the cities of Kherson and Mariupol in southern Ukraine, while the country's second city of Kharkiv has continued to come under intense shelling.

The eastern city - which is just 25 miles from the Russian border - has already seen some of the bloodiest fighting of war as Moscow renewed its offensive last night with a barrage of strikes.

Meanwhile, Putin's troops continue to close in on the capital Kyiv, even as the Russian tyrant's hopes of a quick takeover of the country have been dashed.

Kyiv's mayor, former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, said Russia is gathering forces "closer and closer" to the city after a 40-mile-long convoy of military vehicles was held up some 20 miles northwest of the capital on March 2.

In a statement, Ukraine's emergency service said more than 2,000 Ukrainians have been killed during the Russian invasion, which began on February 24; however, independent confirmation of these figures is so far impossible.

"Children, women, and defense forces are losing their lives every hour," it said.

The country's ombudswoman says 21 children have been killed and 55 injured since the start of the invasion, Reuters reports.

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Horrifying pictures show the charred bodies of Ukrainian civilians killed in a Russian airstrike in Kyiv.

The strike hit Kyiv's main TV tower as well as a Holocaust memorial for Babyn Yar, where more than 30,000 Jews were killed in the space of two days in 1941.

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