中文翻译：

我用望远镜观察无人区，我正在探测几座建筑物之间的动向。一个战友在战术前进，尽量避免被发现。我刚刚看到了它，这个家伙带着某些东西，我站在我的狙击枪后面，往枪膛里装了一发子弹。

作为一名狙击手，就像一名心理学家一样。我们必须了解我们所处的环境、地形以及我们的猎物，我四处移动我的枪。周围的建筑物被摧毁，有几栋楼还在冒烟，这是由俄罗斯的炮击引起的大火。我再次移动我的武器，发现一个小烟囱从一栋小楼里冒出来，有人正在这栋建筑物里取暖!

又发现有人在移动，这和我先前探测到的同一个人，我准备射击。这人正在搬木材！这不是一个俄罗斯人，而是一个乌克兰人！这个人住在我们和敌军之间的废墟里！他不应该在那里。他不应该出现在那里，我可以把他狙毙，我差一点点就这么干了！确切地说，只需要动一下手指，给扳机施加不到2磅的压力。

我很庆幸我没有开枪。他所处的地方足以让我有理由扣动扳机，并且能够让我有机会向队友夸耀自己又干掉一个 "敌人"。但我实际上不会击杀一个迷路的无辜者，我在这里不是为了杀戮，而是为了保护。一个不寻求杀戮的战士只是一个刺客，一个战士必须把荣耀看的高于一切。

你们中的许多人肯定会感到失望，因为我还没有用我的狙击枪杀死任何俄军。真的还没有，但请放心，我侦查到了俄国士兵，我的同事也是如此，这些敌人被我军的大炮轰击，其中有几个人直接见了阎王。

战争并不是我们想象的那样，我喜欢以冷酷、残酷、现实的方式告诉你们这场战争，现实比愚蠢的战争电影更有力量。

原文：

I observe no man's land with my binoculars. I'm detecting movement between a few buildings. A man advances tactically, trying to avoid being seen. I just saw it. This man is carrying something. I stand behind my sniper weapon. I chamber a cartridge in the chamber.

Being a sniper is like working as a psychologist. We have to understand our environment, the terrain, our prey. I move my gun around. Buildings are destroyed. Several are still emitting smoke, following the fires caused by the Russian artillery. I move my weapon again. I detect a small chimney coming out of a small building. Someone is trying to get warm from this building!

Someone is moving again. This is the same man I detected earlier. I prepare to shoot. The man transporting wood! It is not a Russian, but a Ukrainian! This man lives in the rubble of the houses between us and the enemy! He shouldn't be there. I was entitled to shoot him down. I was this close to pulling it. One finger, to be precise, and less than 2 pounds of pressure.

I did well not to shoot. It would have been enough for me to pull the trigger and thus be able to boast of having killed another “enemy”. But I would have actually killed a lost innocent. I am not here to kill, but to protect. A warrior who does not seek to kill is only an assassin. A warrior must be honorable above all else.

Many of you are surely disappointed. I haven't killed any Russians with my sniper weapon yet. Not yet. But rest assured, I detected Russian soldiers, as did my colleagues. These enemies were bombarded by our artillery and several of them died.

War is not what we thought. I like to tell you about this war in a cold, brutal, realistic way. Reality is more powerful than stupid war movies.