Watch: Elderly Ukrainian Couple Shoo Away Russian Soldiers, Earning Praise For Their Bravery

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An elderly Ukrainian couple stood up to Russian soldiers who had trespassed onto their property and shooed them away, earning praise from various sources including the US embassy in Kyiv. The viral images of the couple remonstrating with the armed soldiers and pushing them away from their property were caught on surveillance cameras and went viral on social media.

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In the clip, three armed Russian soldiers in combat gear approach the front of the couple’s gated driveway and begin breaking in. They force the gate open and move forward with their weapons drawn as dogs bark in the background.

As they move out of frame, several voices can be heard, followed by a loud gunshot.

The video then transfers to another angle from inside the property. A balding man in a blue sweater and black pants and a woman in a pink hat and blue coat step outside and begin yelling at the soldiers. The man continues to approach the troops, waving his fist in the air at them as they point their weapons at him. Even though a soldier fires a warning shot in the air, the couple continue to yell at them to leave. The soldiers eventually comply and the couple escort them out of their property with dogs barking furiously in the background.

Local media report that the exchange took place in Mykolayiv Oblast, about 80 miles east of Odessa in southern Ukraine.

Russia has been targeting the strategic city of Mykolaiv, where Ukrainian officials accused Russia of shelling a cancer hospital and residential buildings on Friday.