Evil Russian troops dug a 7ft pit in a Ukrainian grandmother's garden before telling her it was her own grave.
Tetiana Oleksiienko, 69, said she was horrified when sick soldiers threatened her while digging in her garden - explaining how she stared death in the face.
Fearing for her life under the threats of the sadistic soldiers, Oleksiienko fled her village if Andrivka, situated 70km outside Kyiv.
She then hid in a neighbour's cellar with her terrified daughter and grandchildren.
After emerging from the makeshift refuge weeks later, she returned to her home to find it completely destroyed by Russian thugs.
However, Oleksiienko revealed the a huge ditch dug in the middle of her back garden remained - a horrific reminder of her encounter with the soldiers.
The heartbroken 69-year-old told The Telegraph : "They started digging with shovels and then drove in a tractor.
"I asked them: ‘What is this pit in my garden?’ And the soldiers said: ‘This is a cemetery.’ That’s what they said: ‘This is a graveyard for you.’"
She went on to say Putin's thugs were digging the pit with a view to use it as a mass grave.
Oleksiienko added: "They only failed to fill it because the Ukrainians took back control."
It comes as Russia is accused of carrying out a string of war crimes across Ukraine.
Hundreds of civilians were slaughtered in the city of Bucha - with Ukrainian authorities branding Russian killers the "butchers of Bucha".
Earlier horrifying reports also said Ukrainian women are resorting to cutting off their hair in an attempt to stop Russians from raping them, according to a town’s mayor.
The world has been sickened by recent allegations suggesting invading troops are using sex attacks as a weapon of war in the under siege country.
Horrifying stories have emerged from several towns and cities of troops raping women and girls in front of their families.
In one account two teenage girls were raped in Ivankiv, a small town recently liberated from Russian occupiers.
Deputy mayor Maryna Beschastna said the town's women are cutting off their hair to be “less attractive” to the troops, ITV reported.
She said: “There was a case in one village, two sister were raped… girls of 15 and 16… children.
“Women were pulled by their hair out of their basements, so that they could abuse them.
"Girls started cutting their hair short to be less attractive, so no one looks at them anymore.”
The claim comes as testimony uncovered by human rights groups have ramped up calls for troops to be held accountable for their actions.
Charity Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had uncovered evidence of "unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence" against Ukrainian civilians, and said these must be investigated as war crimes.
