Finnish military revamps sniper training with lessons learned from Russo-Ukrainian War
Among other things, future training will increasingly include "dynamic shooting," where participants move and shoot at moving targets.
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The Insider: Russia continues to receive sniper rifles and ammunition from EU and US despite sanctions
The arms are flowing through neighboring countries at dramatically increased rates, a new investigation reveals.
Ukrainian sniper reportedly eliminated a Russian serviceman from a distance of 3.8 km
The video of a Ukrainian Security Service sniper, which widely circulated on the internet, was confirmed by a Ukrainian volunteer who supplies sniper rifles to the frontline Yuriy Chornomorets.
British intel: Russia recruits women for combat roles in Ukraine
For the first time, Russia recruits women for its private military companies to serve as snipers and drone operators on the front lines in Ukraine.
“Stopping the modern Hitler”: snipers hold the line in Ukraine’s battle for survival
Ukrainian snipers take out Russian colonels from 2.8 km away, save a battalion of 600 men from encirclement, and enable capturing Russian strongholds without a single KIA. Helping them achieve this is theology professor-turned sniper patron Yuriy Chornomorets, who crowdfunds bullets, scopes, and rifles for Ukraine's victory: "Defending Ukraine is everyone's business"
Ukrainian snipers on the frontline: why the US army is adopting their experience
Sniper vs sniper As they say in the army, the best remedy against a sniper is a 120mm…
No rest for the brave. How Ukraine’s legendary “Badgers” work & fight in the war zone (photo report)
They call themselves “Badgers”, referring to their commander, Vadym Sukharevsky, call sign “Badger”, commander of the 503rd Marine…
Three years after killings at Euromaidan only slow progress in investigations
On February 18-21 Ukraine commemorates the darkest days in its modern history – the killings of the peaceful…
The “Snipers’ Massacre” in Kyiv
On October 17, at a symposium on “Negotiating Borders” organized by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at…
Salvation of the refugees
Mariupol has never been so popular. With the shift of oblast authorities to Mariupol, the amount of cars,…
“Alpha”: Our snipers were sent to government buildings
Saturday, April 12, 2014, 19:54 The head of the Ministry of the Interior’s Alpha special forces troops admits that…
BREAKING NEWS: 9 Suspects in Maidan Shootings Detained
Law enforcement authorities have detained nine suspects in the February 18-20 shootings of Maidan activists, acting Prosecutor General…
Announcement of the Right Sector concerning the events of March 27, 2014
Today on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv a Viche [people’s assembly] was held on the matter of the counter-revolutionary…
The Sniper Story of the Maidan Murders Does not Tell All: Journalist
Every Maidan death must be investigated Journalist Olga Khudetska lists the names of murdered Maidan activists whose death…
Prosecutor General: snipers fired from the National Bank
Friday, March 7, 2014, 08:13 During the shooting on February 20 on Instytutska Street in Kyiv, aimed fire…
One hundred people were killed during the clashes in Kyiv
Friday, March 7, 2014, 08:18 The Ministry of Health reports that the number of dead in the clashes…
MP Moskal Releases Details on Perpetrators of Violence Against Protesters
Monday, February 24, 2014 The snipers on Instytutska Street were soldiers of the special operations unit of the…
Captured Conversation Between the Snipers on the Roofs above Maidan in Kyiv Ukraine
On February 18-19, snipers were operating on Kyiv's Euromaidan, shooting at protesters. As of February 23, snipers had…
Who is shooting whom in Kyiv: Photos from downtown Kyiv on 20 February 2014.
February 20th, 2014. 14:48 Journalists photographed armed men firing weapons in Kyiv, Ukraine. One of the shooters has…
Video Proof that Government Snipers Killed More Than 15 Persons in Three Hours
February 20, 2014, 1:48 PM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unQ0bJG9wg4 (The video is for audiences aged 18 and older) Elise.com.ua is hosting…