 At that time, two Canadian newspapers, the "Ottawa Citizen" and "Leader-Post", reported that according to an official dispatch from the Šešupė River front, Shanina killed five Germans in one day as she crouched in a sniper hideout.Later in September her sniper tally had reached 46 kills, of which 15 were made on German soil and seven during an offensive.On 17 September, "Unichtozhim Vraga" credited Shanina with 51 hits.