What for many would sound to a fiction story, in kyiv they present it as a military feat enriched with propaganda and informative war ingredients. According to the Ukrainian press, a sniper has marked a new world record after driving two Russian soldiers, with a single shot, from The greatest known distance: 4 kilometers. The shot, executed on Thursday, August 14 in the Donetsk region, has been recorded in a video of just 30 seconds that circulates on social networks, according to Pubplica .
In that video, which has been distributed in channels such as Telegram o Xcan be seen as a Ukrainian military from the Ghost Unit, a group of sniper who have become an emblem of precision and resistance, shoots multiple times against the window of a building that can be seen on the horizon, until the impact is achieved. Behind that glass wall, according to kyiv, were the two Russian soldiers dejected by a bullet out of their Snipex Alligatora large Ukrainian rifle: 14.5 millimeters.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, the shot was executed through a “indirect” fire scheme: the sniper never came to see its objectives and corrected the trajectory thanks to a recognition drone, as well as the application of the artificial intelligence responsible for adjusting the aim. This combination of sensors, ballistic calculation and air observation is already part of the manuals of the modern war, something that kyiv will take advantage of to show off technological muscle, as well as a direct message to its adversary.
The Ukraine sniper is not the first episode of this type that is seen in the country, in fact, the previous record is attributed in this category, when in the autumn of 2023, an agent of the security service (SBU) dejected a Russian soldier located about 3,800 meters, a distance that was then presented as the largest registered. The shot of August 14 not only improves that record, but also places the integration of drones and algorithms in high precision missions, a land in which both sides compete while the front remains stagnant.
