Ukraine’s ‘Ghost’ Sniper Claims World’s Longest Ever Kill Using This Rifle: Check Its Range, Weight And Other Details

A Ukrainian sniper unit has claimed to have set the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill. The “Pryvyd” (Ghost) sniper unit reportedly shot down two Russian soldiers from a distance of around 4 kilometers. 

The shot was fired using a Ukrainian-made 14.5mm “Alligator” rifle and was assisted by artificial intelligence and drone guidance. The unit killed two Russian soldiers near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, reported Fox News quoting the Kyiv Post.’

What actually happened?

The video of this kill is now being widely shared across social media platforms. The clip shows a Ukrainian soldier firing the shot near the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine during fighting on August 14.

“A Ukrainian sniper from the Pryvyd (Ghost) group made the first successful shot in the history of wars using artificial intelligence, eliminating two Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad direction,” said Ukraine’s former deputy minister at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anton Gerashchenko.

He added, “The unique shot, made without line of sight, was guided by a UAV system and fired from a 14.5 mm Aligator rifle equipped with a Ukrainian-made thermal imaging sight.”

“Pryvyd” (Ghost) sniper unit broke the record held by a Ukrainian soldier Viacheslav Kovalskyi. He reportedly killed a Russian troop from a distance of 3.8 kilometres in November 2023. The Ukrainian soldier used a UK-made Horizon’s Lord sniper rifle for the kill.

Specifications of “Alligator” Rifle

Manufactured by the Kharkiv-based arms company XADO-Holding, the rifle  weighs 25 kilograms. It is a 14.5mm calibre sniper rifle and has a muzzle velocity of between 3,215 and 3,281 feet per second.