Russian sniper ‘caught by Ukraine after she was left for dead’

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    Irina Starikova holding a rifle, a close-up of Irina Starikova's face. Ukraine claims its troops have captured a Russian sniper who is accused of killing 40 Ukrainians while serving in Donetsk in 2014.

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    Irina Starikova is thought to be a 41- year-old mum from Serbia (Pictures: Twitter/ArmedForces Ukr)

    A Russian sniper implicated of killing 40 Ukrainians has actually apparently been caught by opponent soldiers.

    Photos of mum-of-two Irina Starikova holding a rifle were published on Ukraine’s authorities Armed Forces Twitter page onFriday

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    Using Starikova’s military call name, the account stated ‘Bagira’ had actually been taken from the ‘temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine’ (ORDLO).

    It followed her own associates saw she was injured and left her to pass away, reports Ukraine’s Obozrevatel news site.

    The sniper was provided medical treatment for her injuries, according to Ukrainian soldier Vlad Ivanov, who was priced quote by the outlet.

    Speaking about her own group deserting her, the mum obviously stated: ‘They left, knowing that I was injured and had the opportunity to pick me up…hoping that I would die.’

    Starikova is thought to have actually served with Russian separatist forces as part of the 11 th Specialized Special Operations Division in the Donetsk area in2014

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    This is when rebels supporting the then pro-Moscow federal government stated locations of eastern Ukraine part of largerRussia

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    Starikova holding a rifle. Ukraine claims its troops have captured a Russian sniper who is accused of killing 40 Ukrainians while serving in Donetsk in 2014.

    It is thought Starikova served with the 11 th Specialized Special Operations Division in the Donetsk area (Pictures: Twitter/ArmedForces Ukr)

    A close-up of Irina Starikova's face. Ukraine claims its troops have captured a Russian sniper who is accused of killing 40 Ukrainians while serving in Donetsk in 2014.

    Ukrainian media has actually priced quote Starikova stating her associates left her on the battleground (Picture: Twitter/ArmedForces Ukr)

    Starikova has actually been implicated of killing 40 individuals, consisting of civilians, while she battled with the Russian soldiers who collected to assist separatist Ukrainians at the time.

    This accusation has actually been made by the Ukrainian Armed Forces– who stated she ‘shot our prisoners in 2014’– and King’s College London’s war scientist GiorgiRevishvili

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    Other information were reported by the Ukrainian site Peacemaker– which checks out criminal offenses dedicated by separatists nearly a years earlier.

    Researchers at Peacemaker think Starikova, from Serbia, is 41 years of ages and has 2 children aged 11 and 9.

    She is stated to be separated from their father and now wed to a soldier from Belarus called AleksandrOgrenich

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    It follows a Russian soldier eliminated himself after he learnt ‘90% of his unit’ s tanks were ineffective’, according to unproven claims from Ukraine’s Ministry ofDefence

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    The department stated on its Telegram channel that some tanks did not even have engines or had actually been nearly entirely taken apart.

    Kyiv claims 16,000 Russian soldiers have actually passed away in the war, while ‘thousands more’ have actually given up or been hurt.Metro co.uk is not able to validate this.

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