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Lorraine Kelly comforts Ukrainian mum as she bursts into tears after fleeing country

Lorraine comforted a Ukrainian mother today as she burst into tears after feeling the country with her son and daughter.

Natalia Forys appeared on the ITV programme with her daughter from Warsaw in Poland following their escape from the war-torn country.

Asked how she was doing, Natalia said: "We are good now, better than I was yesterday. But it's very difficult..."

She broke down in tears as she said: "I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Lorraine insisted. "I completely understand and your emotions... I can't imagine what it's like. It's a tough decision to leave. And you and the family arrived in Poland with nothing! You had your passports, your ID, the clothes on your back and nothing else. You had to get out."

Natalia Forys appeared on Lorraine with her daughter (mirror.co.uk)

"Only was the documents and the children was my priority," she said. "[They're] without school, without kindergarden and we don't know what's doing to happen in the future," she said.

It comes as a friend of President Volodymyr Zelensky has recalled her horror at seeing "arms and legs torn off" in the streets of Kyiv.

Natalia broke down in tears on the ITV programme (mirror.co.uk)

Nataliya Roman, a singer and former TV presenter in Ukraine, has also pleaded for more food and water for the Ukrainian capital as there were days he couldn't eat or drink.

Also appearing on Lorraine today, Nataliya - who first met Zelensky while he was in the entertainment industry - opened up about what kind of man he was.

Lorraine comforted the mum on the programme (mirror.co.uk)

"He has a very big heart... he never stops supporting people," she said. "He will use all his power, faith, humour and I hope we will win this war."

Addressing what it was like in Kyiv at the moment, Nataliya said: "I was in Kyiv for all this time and it's impossible. People wake up at 4 o'clock five days ago and haven't slept til now because it's impossible.

"Bombs, tanks on the street and arms and legs; someone's legs get torn off. It was impossible to become . All cities, 15, 20 cities at one time under attack. It's something unbelievable."

*Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV

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