This guy had major involvement with a Ukrainian foreign-fighter program. He very much would have been explicitly trained by the CIA. His training apparently involved being a good shot with an AKM.
He is clearly radicalized to the point where he can't imagine that anything Ukraine is perfect good, and Russia is perfect bad. He is clearly, fully, ideologically captured to the Left to the point of Ukrainian Jingoism. He repeatedly states "I will die for Ukraine" on his social media. He is also associated with Malcolm Nance.
His weapon appears to have been a modern AK-47 variant, with a proper scope, (what looks like an elongated barrel?), while using the fencing and bullet proof vests to create a fighting position, to fire at the president from 300 yards. An eagle eyed sniper happened to see him in time to take a shot.
This guy had major involvement with a Ukrainian foreign-fighter program. He very much would have been explicitly trained by the CIA. His training apparently involved being a good shot with an AKM.
He is clearly radicalized to the point where he can't imagine that anything Ukraine is perfect good, and Russia is perfect bad. He is clearly, fully, ideologically captured to the Left to the point of Ukrainian Jingoism. He repeatedly states "I will die for Ukraine" on his social media. He is also associated with Malcolm Nance.
His weapon appears to have been a modern AK-47 variant, with a proper scope, (what looks like an elongated barrel?), while using the fencing and bullet proof vests to create a fighting position, to fire at the president from 300 yards. An eagle eyed sniper happened to see him in time to take a shot.
No, the gas tube looks more like a bubbaed SKS.
that would explain why it looks longer than a typical AK.