The Ukrainian sniper team claiming the world's longest kill shot described how they shot a Russian officer from over 2 miles away

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A composite image showing, left, a Ukrainian Territorial Defense brigade sniper in training, used for illustration purposes only, and a view of the claimed longest sniper shot highlighted in a circle in footage released by Ukrainian Special forces in November 2023.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces soldier trains with a sniper rifle (left).

The Russia-Ukraine war appears to be at a stalemate. But soldiers on both sides are losing at the front lines.

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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Donetsk frontline as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 24, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Donetsk frontline as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 24, 2023.

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Ukrainian partisans say they killed 24 Russian soldiers in Crimea after poisoning their vodka with arsenic and strychnine

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Ukrainian soldiers feel they have been abandoned on a crucial part of the frontline and their situation is being 'hushed up': report

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Elite Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro river.
Elite Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro River.

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Ukraine is on track to make 72 howitzers next year, but will struggle to get the ammo to use them, report says

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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 57th Kost Hordiienko Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 5, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in July 2023.

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Ukraine is using its advanced Leopard tanks like long-range artillery instead of penetrating battle vehicles, report says

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Soldiers standing on either side of the gun barrel of a tank.
Ukrainian soldiers with a Leopard 1 A5 tank at the Klietz training area in Germany on August 17, 2023.

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Russia is ramping up its use of long-range glide bombs because Ukraine keeps shooting down its helicopters, war analysts say

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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Ukrainian soldier admits some of the marines trying to defend a key river against Russian attack 'can't even swim'

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A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of a small boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river, almost silhouetted against the mist with another soldier behind him, at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river near Kherson, Ukraine, 15 October 2023.

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Russia likely doesn't know how many troops it's lost because its military has a 'culture of dishonest reporting': UK intel

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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A defiant Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position in a moment of self-sacrifice — and survived

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A Ukrainian soldier in a trench surrounded by fog and burnt trees
A Ukrainian soldier digs a trench near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in October 2023.

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