Ukrainian snipers rarely use ghillie suits, camouflage preferred by Western snipers, several marksmen told the Kyiv Post. For the US military, ghillie suit preparation is a key part of sniper training. A ghillie suit is not always necessary to achieve that though. But while they aren't fans of the ghillie suit, there's a few Western weapons they're fond of. The weapons that were tossed aside when these Western weapons showed up were the Soviet/Russian-made SVD "Dragunov " sniper rifles.

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Persons: Vladimir Shtanko, Kyiv Post's Stefan Korshak, John Moore, Barrett MRAD, Barrett, Norma Magnum Organizations: Western, Kyiv Post, Service, Training Center, National Guard, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Kyiv, 28th Brigade, TAC, US Army, Marines, NATO Locations: Kyiv, Canada, Finland, Wall, Silicon, Novi Petrivtsi, Kiev, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Soviet, Russia