Ukrainian snipers attend shooting training near the frontline amid Russia-Ukraine war in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on February 18, 2023
Ukrainian snipers attend shooting training near the front line amid Russia-Ukraine war in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on February 18, 2023.
  • Ukrainian snipers rarely use ghillie suits, camouflage preferred by Western snipers, several marksmen told the Kyiv Post.
  • They said they like rifles made by Canada, Finland, and the US, but not the old Soviet-developed SVD rifles.
  • All three of the snipers were civilians before the war, and shooting was just a hobby.

Ukraine's snipers don't really use a key piece of gear commonly used by Western snipers to hide themselves on the battlefield, several marksmen told the Kyiv Post, but a few Western rifles are apparently among their go-to weapons.