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Female sniper, 26, dubbed Snow White and famed for her 'exceptional courage' is 'liquidated' by a Ukrainian marksman while fighting for pro-Putin forces

A female sniper known as Snow White has been liquidated in eastern Ukraine while fighting for pro-Putin forces.

Anastasia Slobodyanyuk fought for pro-Russia rebels and was hailed for her exceptional courage in bloody battles in the region.

But the 26-year-old has reportedly been killed by a Ukrainian sniper in the Spartak district of the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic after earlier narrowly cheating death in several hot spots.

She was supposed to have been inspired to sign up for the self defence forces by witnessing the funeral of a five-year-old girl killed in the Slavyansk siege in 2014.

When she saw a photograph of the little girl with bows and in a white dress with a doll in the coffin, she knew that she just could not live at home any longer - she would not forgive herself, said one account.

She was quoted as saying: The unacceptable cannot be accepted.

If you dont stop the evil, you become evil yourself..

In fact, she had earlier fought in the battle for Donetsk Airport, when she was praised for her bravery and hatred of cowardice.

I saw how this girl worked at Donetsk airport, and I know she can become a warrior, said an account by journalist Gennady Dubovoy.

She was wounded when she was taking out an injured person and carried his heavy backpack.

And some two hours later she was keen to get back into battle.

Soldiers from different brigades were there at that time, some had to be pushed.

And this girl reacted with disgust to any signs of cowardice..

She was also the girlfriend of a rebel commander Mikhail Givi Tolstykh, who was killed in February this year by a Shmel flamethrower rocket.

He had been on the EU sanctions list.

Snow Whites toll of victims is not known but pro-Ukrainian forces expressed elation when claiming her death.

A Twitter message read: Today in Donbass in Spartak district our sniper wiped out Snow White, b***h, murderer, sadist.

Givi got back his sweetheart..

She had refused to say why she had chosen the name Snow White but replied: I am not from a fairy tale, I am from Crimea.

It takes years to become a skillful sniper, she had said.

Now I am just a good shooter who does not use Kalashnikov but snipers gun.

I am doing my best and I know I will succeed because there is no evil in me..

After medical treatment in Russia, she vowed to return early to fight again.

Most of all I am afraid of shame if I did nothing when the fate of country was determined, and the fate of my future children, she said.

The war taught me to value the life, to live today because there may be no tomorrow.

But if I am alive tomorrow, I want to give birth to a son and to bring him up a true man - a Russian soldier who will protect vulnerable and not hide in shelters like the majority of Russian men.

Reports of her death have not been disputed by officials in the DPR.

For more infomation >> Female 'Snow White' sniper killed fighting in Ukraine | news 24h - Duration: 4:52.

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UK gives Sir John Franklin shipwrecks to Canada | news 2h - Duration: 6:35.

Britain will give Canada the wrecks of Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage - 172 years after it ended in CANNIBALISM and 129 dead

The UK Government is giving the shipwrecks from Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklins ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to Canada.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said that handing over HMS Erebus and HMS Terror will recognise the historical significance of the Franklin expedition to the people of Canada, and will ensure that these wrecks and artefacts are conserved for future generations.

Although Canada will now own both ships, a small number of artefacts on board will remain UK property.

Sir Franklin led two British ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, in search of the last section of the Northwest Passage in 1845 - the sea route from the Arctic to the Pacific Ocean through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

When both ships became stuck in ice near King William Island, he and all 128 of his crew members tragically died - but exactly how they met their end has long been a mystery.

Canadian researchers in the 1980s said the remains of expedition members found on Beechey Island indicated they had died of cold, hunger and lead poisoning from canned food.

The loss of the two vessels and their crew prompted one of the largest searches in history.

The wrecks were designated as a national historic site in 1992, despite the fact that neither shipwreck had been found at that time.

The UK and Canadian governments signed an agreement in 1997 giving custody and control of the wrecks and their contents to the Canada, while still remaining the property of the UK.

The wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were finally found under relatively shallow Arctic Waters to the south of King William Island in 2014 and 2016 respectively.

The momentous discovery was the result of traditional Inuit knowledge and state-of-the-art technology.

To mark the event the UK government suggested an update of the 1997 agreement, transfering ownership of the wrecks to Parks Canada, while retaining a small sample of the artefacts on board.

Future generations will be able to see items from the wreckages in both Canadian and UK museums.

Mr Fallon said: During her recent visit to Canada, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of recognising our shared past with Canada as we seek to reinvigorate our already strong bilateral relationship.

This exceptional arrangement will recognise the historical significance of the Franklin expedition to the people of Canada, and will ensure that these wrecks and artefacts are conserved for future generations.

The ownership transfer is expected to take place over the coming weeks, the Ministry of Defence said.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION THAT ENDED IN THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND ALL 130 OF HIS CREWMAN   HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were abandoned by their crews after a failed attempt to complete a crossing of the Northwest Passage - a sea route through the Arctic connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Soldier and explorer Sir John Franklin sailed in Erebus and took overall command of the expedition.

The two state-of-the-art ships were heralded as unstoppable when they were launched in 1845 under Sir Johns command.  They were last seen entering Baffin Bay, on the southwest coast of Greenland in August 1845.

Both ships later became icebound and were abandoned by their crews, in total about 130 men, all of whom subsequently died from a number of causes, including hypothermia, scurvy and starvation, while trying to trek overland to the south.

The disappearance of the Franklin expedition set off a massive search effort in the Arctic.  The broad circumstances of the expeditions fate were first revealed when Hudsons Bay Company doctor John Rae collected artifacts and testimony from local Inuit in 1853.

Later expeditions up to 1866 confirmed these reports.

On September 7 2014 Erebus was finally discovered near King William Island in the eastern Queen Maud Gulf, Canada, using a remotely operated underwater vehicle.

Two months laters the ships bell was recovered from the wreckage.

The discovery this month of the HMS Terror is expected to lead to further finds. .