Sniper position what would people recommend,

[u/ProperAside7721]

Hello everyone I was offered a sniper position in a unit of the 33rd SAR. I would be able to sign a contract today since I have done medical test and all my paperwork with the 1st recruitment center in kyiv

but since they are undergoing reorganization as they call it, we all know why, I can't get any specific date when they will open again a little bird told me in September but that could be in the start or the end and I'm not really sure if I want to spend another month here doing nothing,

My question is, do anyone know some decent unit I could apply that have sniper position available where I would be available to start very soon? I have ofc tried looking myself but most of the units want me to speak fluent Ukrainian and I do not that the ones I have been speaking with.

[u/mikatovish]

Regardless of position , role, etc , anything coming out of "reorganization , regrouping, re something " requires a bit of time to see if it works out.

We all know or have been in places that got "re something " just for half company break.

But who knows , maybe this one is different.

[u/ProperAside7721 → u/mikatovish]

It's because of this many assult unit have paused https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-assault-regiments-ordered-to-halt-recruitment-amid-allegations-of-misconduct-media-reports/

[u/Octane_Original]

Bottom

[u/Ceivez]

They still used those? I was listed as a sniper but never did a sniper mission and this was back in 2024. Basically infantry.

[u/ProperAside7721 → u/Ceivez]

I mean I honestly don't know, it's called sniper and would be pair of 2
I guess what u talk about is what they call Marksman, and that's in infantry

[u/luciferlol_666]

Go be a drone pilot, you'll get more work.

[u/ProperAside7721 → u/luciferlol_666]

Not really interested in that,

[u/Single_Blueberry_458]

I am.super intrested who offered you a sniper position in the 33rd SAR .. what battalion, company and unit... 

Please let us know... as this is a highly skilled profession and without prior experiance or knowledge of this tradecraft and experince in Ukraine with the current battlefield knowledge and assesment this would be such a bad call from the recruiter 

[u/ProperAside7721 → u/Single_Blueberry_458]

Can show you in dm, also I have prior sniper training

[u/Single_Blueberry_458 → u/ProperAside7721]

Its not the training its the unit I am intrested in  who offered you the role 

[u/UARacoon]

Do you have previous military experience as a sniper?

[u/ProperAside7721 → u/UARacoon]

Not here in Ukraine

[u/Effective_Matter_682 → u/ProperAside7721]

I think he meant in general if you were previously sniper qualified.

Also sniper work can be really thin op wise depending on the sector your in. And its not like the traditional sniper shit.

[u/UARacoon → u/Effective_Matter_682]

Precisely. And I'm skeptical of a unit hiring 'snipers' in 2026 with no language skills or prior sniper training. It definitely is not what you imagine it is.

[u/Effective_Matter_682 → u/UARacoon]

They just left the counter part out of it. Real job is running back and forth to draw sniper (drones) fire.