Amanda Holden shares heartbreaking messages with a Ukrainian mum caught in conflict
22.03.2022 - 14:03
/ ok.co.uk
It was contact from one mother to another that TV and radio presenter Amanda Holden has claimed truly brought the harrowing situation in the Ukraine home to her.The actress and telly star, who has just returned home from a Medyka refugee camp in Poland where she spoke with fleeing families for a brand new podcast 'Listening to Hidden Voices of Ukraine', joined Good Morning Britain to share her experience. A snippet from Amanda's podcast was played on the show, and heard the former Britain's Got Talent judge telling listeners: "As a wife and a mum of two daughters, seeing those families fighting to survive, pleading to TV news crews to help them, has been absolutely heartbreaking." The distressed voice of a refugee is then heard announcing: "Nobody is going to break us, we are strong.
We are Ukrainians," whilst another adds, "The sky is more dangerous for us right now than the Russian ground troops because we are being killed with rockets and with planes." Get exclusive celebrity stories and reality tv news straight to your inbox with OK! daily newsletter. Speaking to Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Martin Lewis today (22 March), Heart Breakfast radio presenter Amanda, 51, explained her decision to venture to Poland to meet with those in need.
"I put something up to raise awareness of the Red Cross," she disclosed. "And then from that, I noticed a comment in my Instagram from a mother who was sheltering in a car park from the bombs in Kyiv, and I started a conversation with her which then resulted in me actually being able to call her.
"Then, I spoke to my producers here at Heart and we decided to do a podcast so that the women and children, the mums and the dads of Ukraine's voices could be heard. "It really
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