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Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin reveals worries for grandmother in Ukraine

Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin reveals worries for grandmother in Ukraine
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Strictly Come Dancing's Ukrainian pro Nikita Kuzmin says that he fears for his grandmother, who is stuck back home amid Russia's invasion.

Strictly Come Dancing's Ukrainian professional Nikita Kuzmin has shared his fears for his grandmother, who is stuck back in his homeland during the Russian invasion.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to ramp up his military activity in the coming days as his troops encircle the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

Kuzmin, 24, grew up in Ukraine and is now resident in Germany but is trying to maintain as much contact as possible with his elderly grandmother as the battle worsens.

"Luckily, we still have contact with her so we are video calling her all the time," he told Lorraine.

"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."

He added: "It's absolutely heartbreaking and to see the streets where I grew up, where many of the Ukrainians 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."

The latest estimates from the UN suggest that at least 1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries over the last fortnight.

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