KYIV—The Ukrainian sniper had lain still for hours in near freezing temperatures when the command came to take the shot at a Russian soldier almost 2½ miles away.
“You can,” his spotter said, and Vyacheslav Kovalskiy pulled his trigger.
The bullet took around nine seconds to reach its target, who doubled up and fell, according to a video of the shot reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Kovalskiy and Ukraine say the shot set a new sniping distance record, breaking the previously acknowledged mark by more than 850 feet.
Persons:
Vyacheslav Kovalskiy
Organizations:
Ukrainian, Wall Street
Locations:
Russian, Kovalskiy, Ukraine