Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin is heartbroken as his grandmother is trapped in Ukraine.
The professional dancer - who was partnered with Tilly Ramsay on the last series of the BBC One show - grew up in Ukraine, and whilst he is in Germany, he is terribly worried about his grandmother, who is currently still in Ukraine.
Nikita still calls her every day - and he explained how she is trying to protect him and his family from the worst news from the region. He also admitted it was "heartbreaking" to hear all this happening on the streets he grew up on.
Speaking on ITV's Lorraine, he said: "Luckily, we still have contact with her so we are video calling her all the time.
"She's actually trying to protect us and every time we can hear gunshots or explosions in the background, she's always telling us it's a movie she's put on the TV, only afterwards - a couple of hours later - she's confessing actually that those were real bombs and real gunshots and that's incredibly scary."
Nikita admits he is inspired by the Ukrainians who are fighting to save their country, as he insists Russia is not just against the Ukrainian army - but the whole of the country as they fight back.
"It's absolutely heartbreaking and now seeing the reports from Kyiv, honestly I'm just trying to contain myself, drink a bit of water and recompose," he added, "But at the same time, it's so inspiring to see the Ukrainain people fighting. The Russian army are not just fighting the Ukrainian army, it's fighting against the whole country. Everyone is coming together to fight for the country."
He grew up in Ukraine and finds it hard to see the streets he played on as a kid being bombed.
He shared: "It's absolutely heartbreaking and to see the streets where I grew up, where many of the Ukrainains grew up, I recognise the streets and just now see them being bombed, went over by tanks, fighting on the streets. It's wrong on so many levels."
Nikita also made a call for the UK government to do more as he begged for a no fly zone over Ukraine as well as asking if hospitals could help treat the children who have been injured in the crossfire.
