Incredible moment Russian soldier holding two grenades threatens to destroy city – but mayor urges people to fight on

INCREDIBLE footage shows a Russian soldier holding two hand grenades above his head as he demanded a Ukrainian city surrender. Despite the threats by Vladimir Putin’s forces to flatten Konotop, its mayor defiantly rallied people to keep fighting in a stirring speech. Twitter/ @@michaelh992The Russian soldier holding the two grenades after demanding Konotop surrender[/caption] Artem Semenikhin urging people to keep fighting Several Russian soldiers went into Konotop, in northeastern Ukraine, to hold surrender talks. Video shows one of then walking through a jeering crowd shouting “shame” with a hand grenade in each hand above his head. He was accompanied by mayor Artem Semenikhin near Konotop’s local council building.  One person swore at the soldier and reportedly said: “Don’t walk around showing your grenade off.” Once the soldiers had left Semenikhin addressed a crowd near the building of and asked them if they wanted to fight. He told them “they have given us an ultimatum – if we start resisting they will pull the city to pieces with artillery”. Most read in News HELPING HAND Russian soldier 'in tears as Ukrainian locals feed him & help call his mum' HELL ON EARTH '2,000 civilians' killed in Ukraine as horrifying pics show deadly air strike WW3 THREAT Putin’s chief chillingly warns World War Three would be ‘nuclear & destructive’ VLAD’S TANKING Demoralised and ‘CRYING’ Russians ‘surrendering without a fight’ in Ukraine NUKE ALERT 'Nuclear catastrophe' warning as 'mad' Vlad besieges Europe's biggest atom plant CHARRED WRECKS Incredible pics show smouldering Russian convoy as Putin’s Kyiv siege stalls “You say yes then we will fight. Who’s for fighting?” Semenikhin said to which the crowd replied: “Fight! Of course!” “I am for fighting! Listen, we should take the decision all together because the artillery is aimed at us already.” Read our Russia – Ukraine live blog for the very latest updates Putin‘s assault on Ukraine‘s capital Kyiv appears to have stalled as fighting enters the seventh day, with 6,000 Russian troops killed in the conflict so far. While the Russians in Konotop demanded the city surrender, elsewhere it has been Putin’s forces who have been laying down their arms. Video shows the moment a surrendered Russian soldier breaks down in tears as Ukrainians feed him and help call his mum. He is seen gulping down a cup of tea and a pasty as he is calmed by a woman who offers him her phone. The young prisoner of war then blows kisses as his mother answers and bursts into tears. As they run out of food and fuel, some have resorted to looting, while others are even reportedly sabotaging their own military equipment in a bid to get out of the war. Footage is emerging of captured Russian soldiers crying as they claim they had no idea what to expect in Ukraine. All you need to know about Russia's invasion of Ukraine Everything you need to know about Russia's invasion of Ukraine... Why is Russia invading Ukraine? Will the UK go to war? How can I join the Ukraine foreign legion? What can I do to help Ukraine? Who is Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy? How much gas does the UK get from Russia? Is Russia a part of Nato? Does Russia have nuclear weapons? Why is Ukraine not in Nato? How big is the Russian army? What is Article 5 of the Nato treaty? What is the Minsk agreement? Which countries were in the Soviet Union? Intercepted radio messages indicate troops are disobeying orders from Moscow to shell Ukrainian towns, and complaining about running out of food and fuel. Meanwhile, Russian forces have allegedly been indiscriminately shelling the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, home to almost 450,000 people, for the past day. Mariupol’s mayor accused the Russians of carrying out “genocide” on his city, while his deputy claimed an entire neighbourhood home to 130,000 people has been flattened. Footage reportedly filmed in the city appears to show gun battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces on Wednesday. The city lies in a key location, between the annexed Crimean Peninsula where a number of Russian forces are based, and the pro-Russia breakaway provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk.