As they honed their sniper scopes and broadcast the damage they say they have been doing to russian frontlines. it is sniper taylor, he says. that s when we hit every target we spot. it demoralizes them and kills their will to do anything against us. but it is not always one-sided. five weeks ago, they stumbled at night into a russian recon group. [speaking in a non-english language] we were in the gray zone between airlines, the commander says. using a guide from another unit. but we ran into a russian assault group doing pretty much the same thing as us, moving towards our front position. we opened fire, our guide was wounded. we suppressed them, pulled him out, pulled in artillery, and then watch them fall back with their wounded. they do not always escape. sasha knows that too well. i ve lost many people, he says. the best ones leave us first.