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Jamie Roberts

Motsi Mabuse pleads for Russian attacks to stop and fears never seeing hubby's hometown

Strictly's Motsi Mabuse admits she has been left speechless as Russia continues to attack Ukraine.

The professional dancer, 40, has aired her concerns about the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine- the birthplace of her husband Evgenij Voznyuk who is from Ukraine's second city Kharkiv.

And she's confessed she fears that she will never get to see Evgenij's hometown as Russian troops continue to bomb it.

Taking to Twitter, she shared an clip of an explosion at the Kharkiv government headquarters in eastern Ukraine and captioned it: "I am just speechless!!!!!!!!!!!"

She had earlier wrote: "2020 we booked our flights to spend Easter in Kharkiv and return a day before my birthday, because of lockdown we cancelled the trip . 2021 we were still on lockdown!

"2022 seems I will never see the town my husband was born . He wanted to show me his motherland! #Kharkiv "

In a follow-up tweet, she concluded: "Hopefully one day !! Another day filled with horror ! Please let this stop."

Dancer Motsi Mabuse and her husband Evgenij Voznyuk (Getty Images)

Motsi had previously opened up about her sadness at being unable to help her mother-in-law who has been unable to escape the war-torn country.

She revealed how Evgenij's mum had called her in floods of tears after Russia's invasion began.

Motsi again took to Twitter to say: "It's heartbreaking hearing my mother in law crying this morning, afraid and there absolutely nothing we can do! Just Sad honestly."

She added: "Prayers for the Ukraine and the World!"

The then described how her in-law was unable to flee the turmoil: "Our parents have been told to go outside and switch off water and gas!," she said.

"They have no possibility to get to the Polish border."

Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan also took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to condemn the attacks while piling praise on the actions of the Ukrainian president.

He hailed President Zelensky as an "incredible leader" and admitted he wished the UK's politicians would step up.

Piers wrote: "Such an incredible leader, so astoundingly courageous. If only our politicians had an ounce of his cojones. Good luck."

He also criticised how the world had let Russian leader Vladimir Putin "bully them" as he commented hours earlier: "We know Putin’s convoy is about to reach Kyiv and start murdering many more women & children.

"We also know we can stop it with air strikes entirely justified by his war crimes. But we won’t, because we’re scared of retaliation. Putin’s bullied the world into shameful submission."

President Zelensky, who had vowed to stay and fight against the Russian invasion had previously thanked the US for their support while also querying: "What is the point of saying «never again» for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…"

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