This is the astonishing moment two Russian workmen safely caught a three-year-old boy who had fallen out of a fourth floor window.

Workmen Dmitry, 47, and Vadim, 30, realised Danya was about to fall after spotting him climbing on to a table and opening the window latch while his grandmother was babysitting him.

His terrifying 40ft fall on Tuesday was caught on CCTV in the Russian town of Dzerzhinsk.

A three-year-old boy was safely caught by two Russian workmen after falling out of a fourth floor window

The boy's terrifying 40ft fall in Dzerzhinsk, Russia, was caught on CCTV

Danya, pictured, was taken to hospital was released with just a bandaged knee after his lucky escape

The pair had just taken a break from tarring the road outside the child's block of flats when they spotted him.

Dmitry said: 'First the head of the child appeared in the fourth floor window. Then the legs.

'We ran under the window and at the moment he fell. We caught him and softened the blow.

'He burst into tears, but did not lose consciousness. I called the ambulance.'

The workers are then seen waving up at the window to the shocked grandmother before his aunt rushed downstairs to collect the child.

The boy was taken to hospital but was released with just a bandaged knee after his lucky escape.

The two workmen stood underneath the window and softened his landing by catching him

Workmen Dmitry (right), 47, and Vadim, 30, had been tarring the road outside the child's block of flats. Dmitry said: 'He burst into tears, but did not lose consciousness. I called the ambulance'

In a separate incident in nearby St Petersburg, a girl aged five was plucked to safety after climbing out of a ninth floor window on an enclosed balcony.

The child went out after being left alone in the locked flat while her parents were out.

Her feet were supported by a tiny ledge as she clung on for 20 minutes as police and neighbours tried to break into her flat.

Industrial climber Felix Gurin, 24, was working on another block carrying out high rise repairs.

He heard the screams of the girl and rushed to help her as neighbours stood on the ground below holding a rug with pillows on it to cushion her fall.

A video showed how he used his climbing wires to descend to the ninth floor from the roof of the building and save the child.

Video footage of a separate incident in St Petersburg shows a five-year-old girl clinging on to a ledge on the ninth floor of her building for around 20 minutes

Industrial climber Felix Gurin, 24, descended from the roof of the building to rescue the little girl after police were unable to break into her flat

'I did not have time to think,' he said. 'The concierge had keys and opened the roof to me. I quickly fastened, and descended.

'The girl saw me, and smiled. I passed her to a policeman who had that moment managed to get into her flat.

'It was scary, but I only felt it after the rescue. My hands shook. I climbed back to the roof and just fell down. I lay there flat out then went back to work.'

A neighbour added: 'The girl was very frightened. She looked down and cried.

'We tried to support her, shouted: "Hold on, the rescuers will come now."

'She calmed down, but then again looked down and began to sob again. It shocked me.

'The little girl stood with her feet on a tiny ledge of the lower balcony. But at any moment she could have fallen.'