Bagheera, whose real name is Irina Starikova, had 40 kills to her name before she was abandoned on the battlefield, where Ukrainian military founded her wounded.
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko (Russian: Людмила Михайловна Павличенко; Ukrainian: Людмила Михайлівна Павличенко, romanized: Lyudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko, née Belova; 12 July [O.S. 29 June] 1916 – 10 October 1974) was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is credited with killing 309 soldiers.
Thalito do Valle was a Brazilian model who was killed when a when Russian forces hit a bunker she was stationed at in Kharkiv, the report further said. The 39-year-old, a sniper, fought against the Islamic State in Iraq before joining the fight in Ukraine, the Beast said.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko passed away in 1974. She was one of 2,000 female snipers in the Red Army and one of 500 who survived. She was also the only one of these women who received the Hero of the Soviet Union award, the highest award in the Soviet military, while she was still alive.
Known to her enemies as “Lady Death,” Lyudmila Pavlichenko is recognized as the most successful female sniper in history with a total of 309 confirmed kills. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born in 1916 in Belaya Tserkov, a large Ukranian city south of Kiev.
1. Lyudmila Pavlichenko (309 Kills) Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was born on 12 July 1916 in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine and served as a Soviet sniper with the Red Army during World War II.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Russian sniper who killed 309 German soldiers in World War II, is one of the most famous female snipers in history, as she killed 309 German soldiers, including 36 marksmen, whilst fighting with the Red Army during World War II.
Eugenia Emerald has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine, fighting on the front lines as a sniper -- the only woman in her unit.
Mum-of-two Irina Starikova (41), who is codenamed Bagheera, after Rudyard Kipling's black panther in The Jungle Book, is now in captivity after she was found wounded and abandoned by her fellow soldiers.
Ukraine Sniper Takes Out Six Russians in Quick Succession, Video Shows. A video of a Ukrainian sniper gunning down multiple Russians in quick succession is spreading on social media. The clip was posted to Reddit Monday on the r/CombatFootage sub and so far has more than 19,000 upvotes and 1000 comments.
A sniper with the call sign Jeanne d'Arc, she spent six months in the Safari regiment of the National Police of Ukraine. The worst thing about fighting on the frontline, Emerald said, was the uncertainty of survival.
More than 60,000 Ukrainian women serve in the Ukrainian military defending against Russia's aggression. Tens of thousands more do their part to help their country as journalists, paramedics, teachers, politicians and artists.
While a precedent for the U.S. Army, training — and deploying — female combat snipers is not new, dating back at least 80 years to World War II, when the Soviet Union fielded nearly 2,500 women snipers to notable effect against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
Lynsey Addario has covered every major conflict and humanitarian crisis of her generation, including the Ukraine war, where she has been on assignment regularly for The New York Times since 2022, bringing the world harrowing images and stories from the ground.
Yevhen is younger, having joined Ukraine's armed forces as Russia invaded last year; he is now honing his skills in long-range firearms. Artyom is a professional sniper, having worked in this role since he joined Ukraine's army in 2016.
Until he moved into the Kymi Institute for Disabled Veterans in 2001, he lived alone. He died in 2002 aged 96. Simo Häyhä was the most successful sniper who ever lived because he understood everything going on around him. He was a skilled trekker and hunter who knew exactly how to stay hidden.
Death. Kachura was killed when a Ukrainian missile struck her car on 29 July 2022 in Horlivka. Her death was announced on 3 August 2022. Posthumously, she was awarded the honorary title Hero of the Russian Federation, "for her courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty."
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzajtsɨf]; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Russian sniper during World War II. Between 22 September 1942 and 19 October 1942, he killed 40 enemy soldiers.
How many women are in the Ukrainian army? According to official data, as of the beginning of May 2023, 42,000 women serve in Ukrainian military formations, which is a significant percentage of the total number of military personnel.
He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 (a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. He is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Because of this, he is often regarded as the deadliest sniper of all time.
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Simo Häyhä, also known as "The White Death," was a Finnish sniper who is credited with killing more than 500 enemy troops within 100 days during the Winter War against the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940. Häyhä accomplished this with a Russian-made Mosin-Nagant M91 rifle and iron sights.
American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is loosely based on the memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (2012) by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.