These images show Ukrainian special forces snipers taking out Russian soldiers.
The footage shows what a Ukrainian sniper sees through his sights, showing Russian soldiers being killed during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The images were obtained from the Command of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and from the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces on Tuesday, August 2, along with a short statement saying that the images show snipers from the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade in action.
It said that the “snipers of the 79th Brigade of the Special Forces spoke about the peculiarities of their profession and combat service.”
One sniper reportedly said that the hardest challenge is fighting in forested areas, where the distance between the shooter and the enemy is typically much shorter.
The Command of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the 79th Brigade also said: “Paratroopers of the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Mykolaiv Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to repel the Russian invaders in areas of the Donetsk region.
“Together with other units, snipers of the military unit take an active part in destroying the enemy’s manpower.
“Death to the Russian invaders! The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces always comes first! Glory to Ukraine!”
Zenger News contacted the 35th Separate Marine Brigade for further comment, as well as the Russian Ministry of Defense, but had not received a reply at the time of writing.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is calling a “special military operation”. Wednesday marks the 161st day of the invasion.
The General Staff of the Command of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces reported that between February 24 and August 3, Russia had lost about 41,350 personnel, 1,774 tanks, 4,022 armored combat vehicles, 939 artillery units, 259 multiple launch rocket systems, 118 air defense systems, 223 warplanes, 191 helicopters, 740 drones, 180 cruise missiles, 15 warships, 2,922 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 83 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower, but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
Russia attacked the city of Kharkiv early on Wednesday with missiles launched from Belgorod, which is in Russia, some 25 miles from the border. The missiles damaged an industrial facility. This is according to Oleh Synyehubov, the Governor of the Kharkiv region.
A former commander of the Azov Regiment, Maksym Zhorin, has said that some of Ukrainian POWs who died in the explosion at the Olenivka prison in Russian-occupied Donetsk have been identified but that the lists are incomplete.
The U.S. has placed sanctions on Alina Kabaeva, 39, who is believed to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lover. She now features on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s list of sanctioned nationals.
Russia has accused the U.S. of direct involvement in the war by providing Ukraine with targeting information for missile strikes. Ukraine’s acting deputy head of military intelligence, Vadym Skibitsky, has denied that U.S. officials have been providing direct targeting information but he did acknowledge that there was consultation.
The Pentagon denied on Tuesday Moscow’s claims that Russia had destroyed six U.S.-made HIMARS missile systems since the beginning of the war. Todd Breasseale, the Pentagon’s acting spokesman, said: “We are aware of these latest claims by [Russian] Minister [of Defense Sergei] Shoigu and they are again patently false.”
Russia’s Supreme Court has labeled the Azov regiment a “terrorist” organization, paving the way for Moscow to impose lengthy prison terms on Azov members currently in Russian custody.
The first grain ship exporting food from Ukraine under a deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations has reached Turkey’s Bosporus Strait from the Black Sea. It is the first of 27 ships planned so far that, it is hoped, will help fight the global food crisis.
The UN Refugee Agency said that over 10 million people have now fled across Ukraine’s borders since Russia invaded.
Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, warned that nuclear annihilation is only one miscalculation away at the opening of a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference in New York. He said that the world is facing “nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
He added that the war in Ukraine was a significant factor and said: “Humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”
