A SNIPER dubbed “Lady Death” in Ukraine has become a national hero for defying Russian soldiers undercover.

The identity of the sharpshooter, known only as Charcoal, is shrouded in secrecy as she swears to combat Vladimir Putin’s butchers “until the very end.”

In 2017, she joined the Ukrainian Marines and spent years battling pro-Kremlin insurgents in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Charcoal quit the Ukrainian military services in January after serving on many deployments in the country’s east, just weeks before Putin ordered Russian soldiers to invade on February 24.

The courageous sharpshooter volunteered to return to the front lines with Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrogradsky’s 35th infantry unit as she offered a rallying call to Ukrainian forces.

“We have to get them all out,” she declared, according to The New York Times.

“These are not human beings.” Even fascists were not as wicked as these orcs.

“We have to defeat them.”

Charcoal, whose face has been partially obscured in photographs to preserve her identity, has been compared to Ukrainian-born shooter Lyudmila Pavlichenko for her valiant efforts.

Pavlichenko gained the moniker Lady Death after killing 309 Nazis during WWII. She is said to have never lost a sniper duel during her years of duty, always getting her man.

harcoal departed the Ukrainian military forces in January, only weeks before Putin launched his invasion on February 24.

As she gave orders, the determined sharpshooter volunteered to return to the front lines with Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrogradsky’s 35th infantry unit.

She is regarded as the most accomplished female sharpshooter in history, having served in the Red Army in the defence of Odesa and Sevastopol before visiting the United States and England as a propagandist.

Following in the footsteps of Pavlichenko, charcoal has now become a symbol of steadfast Ukrainian resistance as soldiers heroically confront Russian forces accused of genocide by Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president fought back tears as he toured Bucha, where Putin’s soldiers are accused of murdering residents and burying them in mass graves.

Zelensky, obviously moved, was backed by security as he pledged to make the “war crimes” done by Russian forces on his country’s land “the last such evil on Earth.”

However, in a setback to Putin’s soldiers, a female Russian sniper with 40 kills was seized after being abandoned on the battlefield, according to reports.

Irina Starikova, alias Bagira, is believed to have informed her captors that she was left to die after being injured in a combat with Ukrainian soldiers.

She is 41 years old, according to the Peacemaker Centre, which investigates crimes perpetrated by Russian rebels during the Ukraine war.

She is also the mother of two children, ages 11 and nine, and is divorced from their father, Alexander Fedotov.

Starikova was a member of the Russian separatist Donetsk area in eastern Ukraine, which has been fighting the Ukrainian government since 2014.

Her detention was publicised by Ukrainian military forces, who stated that she “shot our detainees in 2014” and included photos of her.