A female Russian sniper with 40 kills to her name was captured after being abandoned on the battlefield, it was reported.
Irina Starikova — whose call sign is Bagira — is said to have told her captors she was left to die after being wounded in a battle with Ukrainian troops.
According to the Peacemaker center, which researches crimes committed by Russian separatists in the Ukraine war, she is 41-years-old.
