The 2015 film Battle for Sevastopol is the true story of how Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a female Soviet sniper who killed more than 300 Axis soldiers during World War II, became a gal-pal ...

Lyudmila Pavlichenko's unique contribution to World War II saw her become the deadliest female sniper in history ... Played by Russian actress Yulia Peresild—who takes on the legendary woman's ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo taken from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

The most famous was Lyudmila Pavlichenko — history ... She also said that snipers like her were a priority target for Russian troops and were likely to be ­executed on the spot if captured.

A FEMALE Ukrainian sniper has told how she uses one of the most powerful rifles ever made to kill and maim Russian troops. The woman, a single mother with a ten-year-old son, says she has killed ...

Snipers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine eliminated a group of Russian invaders near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. According to Ukrinform, the DIU reported this and published a video. “The DIU ...

Here are the key developments on the 1,075th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Ukrainian authorities are rounding up ...

A Russian strike on a residential building in central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, emergency services said, one of many attacks across the country this weekend.

11, 2025, Russian snipers change a position to fire towards Ukrainian forces from an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) ...