A screengrab taken from the video.

A Ukrainian soldier shared an emotional message on his social networking site Twitter, after his country was subjected to a large-scale Russian attack since the dawn of Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation in the Ukrainian Donbas region, but the military operations included large areas of the country, hitting military sites and airports, and affecting some civilian sites.

The Ukrainian soldier said in a video message: "They are bombing us, it is good that we are still alive, my father, my mother, I love you, everything will be fine."