How hero Ukrainian female sniper codenamed Chili has killed & maimed dozens of Russians using armour-piercing rifle
How hero Ukrainian female sniper codenamed Chili has killed & maimed dozens of Russians using armour-piercing rifle
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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 dozens of Russian soldiers with a Barrett .50 calibre sniper rifle like those used by the SAS and US Navy Seals.
![[Female sniper in camouflage carrying a large rifle.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sniper-s-task-disarm-enemy-966059771.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Mirroring Eddie Redmayne’s character in TV’s Day Of The Jackal, she is a crack shot in her army unit. The sniper, identified only as Chili, said her role was to take out Russian forces so they are no longer a threat to Ukraine. She also said that she “no longer had inhibitions” about killing Russians, but questioned whether she could ever return to her old life after the war.
![[Female sniper in camouflage in a forest.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sniper-s-task-disarm-enemy-966059713.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The sniper explained that one of the weapons her team uses is the Barrett .50 calibre semi-automatic sniper rifle, which can punch a hole through body armour. The rifle fires armour-piercing rounds and can also destroy lightly armoured vehicles. In footage on YouTube, she revealed that when the war started, her two brothers, who she no longer talks to, fled the country while she went to serve on the front line.
![[Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal aiming a rifle.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-released-peacock-shows-eddie-947586069.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Chili said she trained as a sniper in Ukraine and Norway before becoming part of an all-male front- line gun team. She said: “The sniper’s task is to disarm the enemy. It doesn’t matter whether you kill or maim him. “The main thing is that he is not a threat any more.”.
![[A female soldier aiming a sniper rifle from a concealed position.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sniper-s-task-disarm-enemy-966059552.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
