BBC Strictly Come Dancing star details grandmother's escape from Ukraine as he reveals friends are fighting on front line
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has discussed his grandmother's escape from Ukraine which saw her having to walk miles for the first time since undergoing an operation.
The professional dancer starred in the 2021 series of the BBC dance contest with Tilly Ramsay. He has now spoken openly about the plight of his family and those in his home country of Ukraine since Russia's invasion began last month.
Nikita, 24, was born in Ukraine before he and his family moved to Italy when he was nine years old. But earlier this month he spoke of his fear for his grandmother, who remained in the country weeks into the invasion. READ MORE: 'Cross' Amanda Holden goes political as she takes swipe at Priti Patel after trip to Ukraine border Appearing on Lorraine Kelly's ITV show earlier this month, the Strictly star heartbreakingly told the host of his grandmother : "She's actually trying to protect us from being scared.
Every time we can hear gun shots or explosions in the background, she's always telling us it's a movie on the TV. Only a couple hours later she's confessing those were real gun shots and it's incredibly scary." However, there was some good news when Nikita shared that he and his grandmother had been reunited in Poland after she escaped and he had travelled from Germany to meet her.
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