A heroic Ukrainian driver lambasted a Russian military invader as he demanded to see her passport.
The civilian woman refused - and labelled the soldier a “terrorist” for occupying her country and brandishing a machine gun in her face.
The bitter exchange was on a pot-holed track in Sumy region amid Vladimir Putin ’s campaign to take control of Ukraine.
The unnamed woman demanded the Russian soldier remove his mask - so she could see the face of the occupier.
"Take your mask off! I just want to see what kind of person you are, aiming your machine gun at a woman,” she told him as she filmed during her furious tirade.
He replied: “Why should I take my mask off?”
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The driver shot back: “And why shall I show you my passport?
“I am a citizen of Ukraine, and according to the Constitution of Ukraine I can drive freely without a passport.”
She demanded: “And why do we have to show our passports to terrorists?
“I am a citizen of Ukraine.
“I was born here! Here, this is the land I was born, do you understand?
“Why did you come - to kill my father, my children?
“Who the hell are you? Why are you stopping me on my land?”
The invader mumbled: “This is not for you…”
And then asked: “Why should I take my mask off?"
She came back: “And why shall I show you my passport?"
When she challenged him on why the Russians needed a document check, he replied: “I don’t know, perhaps you came here to kill us.”
The occupying Russian soldier had ordered her to show her documents and open the boot of her car.
The video ends before it is clear how the matter was resolved.
It comes after five people were killed as Kyiv's TV tower was targeted in the latest attack by Russia, according to Ukrainian officials.
The devastating blast took place on Tuesday afternoon just minutes after the Kremlin warned all Ukrainians to flee the region.
It saw reverberations spreading far and wide, with Ukraine's adviser to the interior ministry squarely pointing the finger at Moscow.
Footage circulating on social media shows thick plumes of black smoke spilling from the site in the district of Dorogozhychi - while air raid sirens reminded residents to race to bomb shelters.
It is unclear if the tower was directly hit.
