Ukrainian sniper kills three, wounds two Russian soldiers in five minutes

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"5 minutes - 5 hits. That's a result that a sniper of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed against Russian occupiers," the report said.

According to the General Staff, "this happened in the Donetsk direction." "As a result, three armed Russian soldiers were killed and two others wounded. During combat work, two enemies were hit with one shot," the report said.

Earlier reports said that a Ukrainian sniper had shot a Russian soldier from 2,710 meters away in what could be the second longest combat kill ever recorded.