On August 14, 2025, a Ukrainian sniper from the "Pryvyd" unit set a world record by eliminating two Russian soldiers from a distance of 4,000 meters. This was reported by the BUTUSOV PLUS telegram channel.
It is reported that the shot was fired from a Ukrainian 14.5 mm Snipex Alligator rifle, and the trajectory correction was provided by a UAV complex combined with artificial intelligence. The targets were indoors - the bullet passed through a window where the occupants were.
The incident occurred on the Pokrovsk–Myrnograd defense direction in the area of responsibility of the Donetsk OTU, where the "Pryvyd" unit, consisting of eight platoons of snipers of the Ground Forces, is carrying out combat missions. During the year of combat operations on this direction, the snipers have already destroyed about 1,000 Russian occupiers.
The previous long-range hit record also belonged to a Ukrainian: in November 2023, in the Kherson region, a sniper from the SBU unit, Vyacheslav Kovalsky, destroyed the enemy at a distance of 3,800 meters with a Ukrainian rifle Horizon's Lord.