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| Ukie sniper lady: 'When I pull the trigger I get an adrenaline rush' |
| 2023-10-29 |
| [Lord Ashcroft] Mother-of-two who is one of Ukraine’s very few women snipers reveals with brutal candour how she gave up her comfortable job in the family firm to become a ruthless killer. Iryna is a 37-year-old mother-of-two, just 5ft 4in tall and weighs less than eight stone. Her hobbies include reading, travel, learning languages and fashion. She is also a highly trained and ruthless killer. Every day, her job is straightforward and dangerous in equal measures: to shoot dead as many Russian soldiers as possible. For Iryna is one of just a handful of female snipers in the Ukrainian army defending her beloved homeland. ’My first kill was early this year,’ she says. ’I did not hesitate when I pulled the trigger. It wasn’t difficult and I had an adrenaline rush. I didn’t feel pleasure or joy but neither did I cry or feel upset. I was glad I did a good job. ’I did it and then I went home [to her base],’ she tells me matter- of-factly. Speaking softly in near-perfect English at a secret training camp west of the country’s capital of Kyiv, Iryna explains why she has no sympathy for her many victims: ’The Russians came here to invade our country and so I don’t feel sad for them if they die.’ |
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