{"id":34595,"date":"2025-08-19T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34595"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:57:11","slug":"ukrainian-ghost-sniper-claims-world-record-with-kill-shot-from-2-5-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34595","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian ‘ghost’ sniper claims world record with kill shot from 2.5 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Ukrainian sniper has staked claim for the longest kill shot in history after he is believed to have sniped two Russian soldiers 2.5 miles away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To put the distance into perspective, that’s the distance between the Empire State Building and The Great Lawn inside Central Park in New York<\/a> – or for those on the west coast of the US, it’s 0.8 miles further than the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The shooter is believed to have discharged from 13,123ft – which is 2.48 miles – away with a 14.5mm Alligator sniper rifle, with the bullet first smashing through a glass window where he was positioned before it hit the Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n

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Footage taken of the kill depicts the gunman firing multiple bullets traveling before a bright light is then seen – presumably being the bullets that missed striking a wall, while two of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s men<\/a> are felled.<\/p>\n

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The shot took place on the Pokrovsk\u2013Myrnohrad defensive line in Donetsk, Ukraine (Butusov Plus)<\/cite><\/div>\n

It took place in Donetsk – an area of Ukraine which its foe is believed to occupy as much as 70 percent of the region, with the bullets hailing from the Pokrovsk\u2013Myrnohrad defensive line.<\/p>\n

The rifleman is believed to have been part of a unit from Ukraine’s Ground Forces consisting of eight platoons of snipers – known as Pryvyd, or the ghost unit.<\/p>\n

The mission is believed to have smashed the world<\/a> record which was held by Viacheslav Kovalskyi, a Ukrainian who killed a Russian soldier back in 2023 from 12,467ft – over 2.3 miles.<\/p>\n

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The 14.5mm Alligator sniper rifle – which is used by most snipers in Ukraine (X\/front_ukrainian)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Then of course you have Chris Kyle, who sniped an insurgent that was rushing an American convoy with an RPG. His target was 1.2 miles away.<\/p>\n

The Texan Navy SEAL sniper served four tours during the Iraq War – and is believed to have saved dozens, if not hundreds, of American lives.<\/p>\n

However, the former US veteran claimed to have racked up 255 kills in combat, although the US<\/a> Department of Defense has only officially been able to confirm 160 of them.<\/p>\n

Thanks to his bravery, the 2014 biopic American Sniper<\/em> starring Bradley Cooper was made.<\/p>\n

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Chris Kyle was the American sniper that inspired the biopic ‘American Sniper’ (Chris Haston\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Having resigned from his duties in the field, he began running sponsored outings where he would meet veterans and take them hunting or to shooting ranges.<\/p>\n

It was due to the 38-year-old’s empathy that he met the man who would go on to murder him – Eddie Ray Routh.<\/p>\n

He was an ex-marine who was in and out of hospital suffering with PTSD<\/a> – due to him serving in Iraq and also helping in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.<\/p>\n

Routh fired seven shots into the back, shoulder, head and hands of Chad Littlefield – Kyle’s friend who was taking him out – before opening fire on Kyle unloading six bullets to his head, chest, shoulder and right arm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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