Rob Rinder appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Friday morning to talk about his experience when helping the people of Ukraine as he returned from the war-torn country this week.
And as he chatted to Scottish host Lorraine Kelly about his encounter over at the Ukranian border, the 43-year-old was full of praise for the Scottish Government - and the people of Edinburgh!
Rob said: "Just a shout-out to Operation Light is happening on Monday, the Scottish Government who have been brilliant, and the British Government have finally responded as well.
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"They are flying fifty refugees, orphans and legal guardians over here, it's an amazing story, do follow it please, they are incredible.
"And there's a charity I saw last week, which was a group of Hibernian fans, Stevie Carr at the head of them, who have just helped an orphanage to safety in Ukraine, and they are now rescuers.
"It's an amazing story of goodness, I think if we focus on that, what a joyous way to go into the weekend."
Steven Carr, a Hibernian FC fan, has been working on helping orphaned children in Ukraine since 2005, which was planned to be a one-off thing, but turned into so much more.
Steven spoke to Hibernian FC this week, saying: "We were heading out to Ukraine for the match and a bunch of supporters and I got together and decided to do something for one of the local orphanages.
"This was at a time when they were institutional orphanages so there was between 80-100 kids in one building. We bought lots of clothes for the kids, did a turnstile collection and donated the money.
“It was meant to be a one-off to be honest. We were going to go out for a game of football, do something for a local orphanage, watch the football and have a few beers.
"It turns out when we came back, supporters had a lot of the local currency still on them. We couldn’t exchange it when we were back here so we pulled together all the money and flew back out at Christmas time to spend the money on Christmas presents and a party for the kids.
“We thought that would be the end of it, but supporters were really taken by it and wanted to help. They were asking if they could make donations and sponsor the kids.
"That is when we became an official charity and it has just grown from there."
The charity, Dnipro Kids, has been under extreme pressure since the beginning of the troubles in Ukraine, but Steven has been making regular visits to help the charity.
He said: "I decided at the start of March that I was going to go over. I didn’t really tell anyone to be honest, only a few close friends. I didn’t want to worry anyone as essentially I was intending to go into a war zone.
“When I was out there the first time a few weeks ago I managed to get to the border and have a look at the situation there. That gave me a good idea of what the situation was like and allowed me to make sure I had the resolve to make sure we got the kids out.
“I was watching Ukrainians, it was only mothers and small children and they were just walking across the border with virtually nothing. Only a small suitcase or a plastic bag – they have got up and left their house and being forced to move. It was quite unbelievable.
"We were trying to get kids on trains and buses but it just wasn’t happening so I had to come back to the UK.
“On the flight back, we found out that the kids had managed to get on the train to Lviv, so at the first opportunity I got I was straight back over as soon as I could."
Viewers of Lorraine praised Rob for his work, and hailed his inspirational words on the show.
One Twitter user said: "Rob Rinder on #lorraine - just brilliant."
Another said: "@RobbieRinder making me well up here #Lorraine"
And a third wrote: "I love Rob Rinder. he’s such a lovely person #lorraine @lorraine @RobbieRinder"
Lorraine ended the show with the statement: "Rob Rinder for Prime Minister? He's saying no, I'm saying yes!"
ITV's Lorraine resumes on Monday March 21 at 9am.
