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A mother-of-two who jumped through an ice hole in a frozen river to mark Orthodox Epiphany was swept away, presumed dead, by strong currents in front of her screaming children.
A deeply distressing video shows the woman, 40, plunge into the Oredezh River near Vyra, a village south of St Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday.
There was immediate panic after the woman, a lawyer from St Petersburg was pulled beneath the ice by a powerful current of around 10ft a second.
Her distressed children scream and one is heard crying 'Mama, Mama', as a woman tries to comfort them.
A mother-of-two, 40, jumped into a frozen river to mark Christian Orthodox Epiphany on Wednesday
A rectangular hole had been cut into the thick ice on the Oredezh River near Vyra, a village south of St Petersburg, Russia. She jumped in put the strong current swept her away and she is presumed to have drowned
A man believed to be the woman's husband, 50, jumped in to try to saver her but was unable to find her
After an attendant shouts for help a man believed to be the woman's husband, 50, is seen plunging into the ice hole but he cannot find her.
