Russian mothers brawl in soft play area at children's birthday party

The skirmish at the play centre near Moscow was captured on CCTV

The shocking footage shows the women pushing, punching, kicking and shoving each other (YouTube)

A group of mothers let toddler tussles get the better of them when a spat over their children's behaviour escalated to an all-out brawl.

The women, who were attending a birthday party held at a soft play centre in Serpukhov, a town just south of Moscow, Russia, were captured fighting on CCTV.

The shocking footage shows them pushing, punching, kicking and shoving each other. One woman even puts another in a headlock and pulls her hair.

A young girl is seen trying to pull her mother to safety as the fight breaks out - and at one point, a dad, named by Metro as Serbian Negosh Bugarin, 44, wades into the middle of the exchange and appears to knock one of the women to the ground.

The fight reportedly started after one of the mothers, named by the newspaper as 'Anastasia', complained to another parent about her child's behaviour.

The other mothers - and the dad - got involved while the children looked on aghast, some crying and running away. Others appear to be standing frozen to the spot with their hands over their mouths.

Eventually, security guards moved in to separate the two groups and the police were called.