The Ukrainian army released pictures of Charcoal, with her face partially covered to hide her identity. The unidentified sniper joined Ukraine’s armed forces in 2017, fighting in the east of the country against Russian-backed separatists. After taking a break from her job in January, the sniper rejoined the Marines when Russia invaded her country on February 24. In a statement issued by the Ukrainian army, Charcoal promised to punish Moscow’s forces. “We have to get them all out!” he said. “These people are not human beings. Even the fascists were not as miserable as these orcs. “We have to defeat them.” Charcoal is part of a proud series of Ukrainian-born snipers, the most famous of whom is Lyudmila Pavlichenko, nicknamed “Lady Death” because she allegedly killed more than 300 Germans during World War II. The sniper has made comparisons with the sniper of World War II “Lady Death” (Armed Forces of Ukraine) Pavlichenko defended Odessa and Sevastopol against the Nazis before being wounded by shrapnel. He later traveled to the United States to rally American support for the war effort. For her achievements on the battlefield, Pavlichenko won the Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest military award of the USSR. “Charcoal” returned to the Marines after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Armed Forces of Ukraine) In the style of a young Pavlichenko, Charcoal is not the only female sniper who has stood out during the war in Ukraine. In late March, the Ukrainian military claimed to have arrested Irina Starikova, a pro-Russian separatist who is believed to have killed 40 Ukrainians in the Donbas region over the past eight years. Prior to the public outcry over Charcoal, the Ukrainian armed forces tried to boost morale by sharing a selfie of a fighter pilot known as the “Ghost of Kyiv”, claiming that they had shot down several Russian planes in the early days of the war.
