A Russian soldier has been pictured holding two grenades in the air as he walked among Ukrainians demanding that they surrender.
The eerie footage shows the Russian serviceman holding what appear to be two grenades above his head as he walked down a street in the city of Ukraine ’s south coast.
The soldier was lambasted by furious Ukrainian citizens shouting “shame” as he made his way through a crowd.
Other people told the soldier not to “walk around showing your grenade off”.
Others jostled with the soldier, seeming oblivious to the dangers of the grenades.
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The soldier was said to be in the city to negotiate a Ukrainian surrender with residents after the city was encircled by troops.
He had reportedly spoken with the city’s mayor, Artem Semenikhin and had presented an ultimatum, surrender or fight.
Others told Moscow's men, "don't walk around showing your grenade off", while others jostled with the soldier, seemingly oblivious to the danger of the grenades.
The soldier was in the city, on Ukraine's south coast, to negotiate a Ukrainian surrender with residents after encircling the city.
He reportedly spoke with Konotop Mayor Artem Semenikhin and presented an ultimatum - surrender or fight.
Speaking from the city centre of Konotop after the Russian soldiers had left, Semenikhin could be heard asking residents which option they wanted - to this, the Ukrainians responded: “Fight, of course”.
It comes as Russian forces this morning captured their first major city in Ukraine - Kherson - which was now under the control of Putin’s army.
However, elsewhere the invaders have met with fierce Ukraine resistance.
Attempts to seize both Kyiv and Kharkiv have failed so Kremlin forces have instead resorted to heavy bombing, causing thousands of civilian casualties.
Both cities have suffered intense damage, with swathes of central Kharkiv, a city of 1.5million people, having been blasted into rubble.
Hundreds of Russian soldiers and Ukrainian civilians have been killed since President Vladimir Putin sent his troops over the border on February 24, while Russia itself has been plunged into isolation never before experienced by an economy of such size.
According to figures from the United Nations, more than 1 million refugees had fled the country in just seven days.
Today has brought with it the announcement that Ukraine would call for Ukrainian corridors for its besieged citizens at peace talks with Russia - which began this afternoon.
Negotiations began between the Russian and Ukrainian sides at about 3pm today.
Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia posted a picture on Facebook of himself preparing to board a helicopter for talks. He did not say where.
"The minimum programme: humanitarian corridors," he said.
Neither side has suggested it was expecting breakthroughs after the first round of talks held in Belarus on Monday led to no progress.
Despite an initial battle plan that Western countries said was aimed at swiftly toppling the Kyiv government it describes as dangerous nationalists who threaten its security, Russia has captured only one Ukrainian city so far - the southern Dnipro River port of Kherson, which its tanks entered on Wednesday.
