This is the heartbreaking scene in which a group of tearful Russian soldiers apologized for murdering "civilians and children" in Ukraine.

During an emotional news conference on Sunday, the captive pilots denounced Vladimir Putin's "treacherous invasion." The seven army reconnaissance personnel were shot down from Ukrainian airspace last week, according to reports.

Russian Soldiers Urged Russia To Stop the Violence in Ukraine

They were given the chance to talk with journalists from the Interfax Ukraine News Agency to apologize for their country's conduct. The 34-year-old Russian from Roschinsky then pleaded with Putin to "stop sending military" to murder in Ukraine.

He implored his country to lay down its arms, flanked on all sides by his colleagues and with a microphone in front of him. In intercepted conversations with their families last week, disheartened Russian soldiers pleaded to return home, claiming they were being "massacred" in Ukraine.

As kind-hearted Ukrainians assisted him in calling his mother, one scared trooper came down in tears. Another described himself and his friends as "cannon fodder," adding that he would "do everything" to get home.

As the awful fight in Ukraine continues to become bloodier, a whole city was wiped out yesterday. Russian soldiers have also been accused of shooting women and children, as well as murdering seven people attempting to flee a town near Kyiv.

Separatists supported by Russia claimed to have taken control of Volnovakha, an important city the size of Truro in Cornwall. Most inhabitants in Volnovakha had evacuated, according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, but there was nothing remained of the city, The Sun reported.

A 34-year-old Russian pleaded with President Putin to halt sending troops to Ukraine. He said, "To the generalship of our military units I would like to say one thing - that they've acted cowardly, that they acted traitorously to us."

The video was released just days after a Russian soldier kidnapped in Ukraine alleged that Vladimir Putin employs "death squads" who shoot deserters who refuse to fight in the bloody conflict.

The scared 22-year-old said that a team has been trained to pick off any troops escaping the invasion back home and that many had surrendered as a result. As he unveiled the next approach in the terrible fight, he cautioned anybody considering deserting the troops that they 'won't make it.'

The unnamed individual also said that Russian soldiers had their phones taken away from them so they couldn't see international news coverage of the conflict. His remarks came after a slew of other Ukrainian POWs detailed the heinous chores they were forced to suffer throughout the conflict. One alleged commander said he was ordered to shoot people while serving in a battalion tasked with capturing Kharkiv in three days, according to Daily Mail.

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Ukrainians Confront Russian Soldiers

Meanwhile, a video of Ukrainian civilians in the seized southeastern city of Melitopol singing in the streets and confronting Russian soldiers has gone viral. It comes after Ivan Fedorov, the city's mayor, was abducted last week when Russian troops took control of the city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly requested the mayor's release and enlisted the help of foreign leaders. The protest video has gone popular on Twitter, where it has been seen over 600,000 times. In the footage, locals can be heard yelling obscenities at Russian soldiers and demanding them to leave the city.

A Russian soldier with a rifle can be seen shoving a demonstrator away, only to be pushed back by another protester. Although it is unclear when the tape was taken, Melitopol residents have routinely resisted Russian soldiers since the city was captured, as per Newsweek via MSN.

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