 By May 1944, her sniper tally increased to 17 confirmed enemy kills, and Shanina was praised as a precise and brave soldier.The same year, on 9 June, Shanina's portrait was featured on the front page of the Soviet newspaper "Unichtozhim Vraga".When Operation Bagration commenced in the Vitebsk region on 22 June 1944, it was decided that female snipers would be withdrawn.