Dancing with the Stars professional dancers Ksenia Zsikhotska and John Nolan have teamed to release a music video to raise funds for a charity working for the people of Ukraine.
As Russia's attack on the country continues, Ukrainian-born Zsikhotska, who appeared in the first three seasons of Dancing with the Stars on RTÉ One, said she wanted to "shed a light" on the situation from "a different angle".
She approached Nolan earlier this week to choreograph a dance to a well-known Ukrainian song which is dedicated to the people of Ukraine, with the aim of raising much-needed funds for Ukraine Charity.
Speaking to press, she said: "This is a different spectrum of war at the minute. I wanted to shed a light on the situation from a different angle. Because I'm working with kids a lot now, they know what's going on.
"A lot of kids are traumatised and they're finding it hard to understand what's happening and why it's happening."
Nolan said he got involved to try to help raise money and awareness.
"Ksenia rang me on Monday, quite upset understandably, wanting to make this happen," he said. "If I can try and help money and help awareness, that's the least I can do for what people are going through at the moment.
"I knew the song was very emotional when Ksenia sent it to me, and she described the words to me, it's basically Ukraine singing to the people and its kids, why is this happening and trying to understand it. It really is extremely powerful.
"We're artists, we express ourselves through our dance, so it's easier for us to explain ourselves and our emotions through dance. I think it's a really special piece."
Like so many other overseas-based Ukranians, Zsikhotska has relatives who are still in the beseiged country.
"I have family in Ukraine, luckily they're in the west, but who knows. The men can't leave because they might need to fight, it's a difficult situation.
"They're in a predicament, they can leave through Poland and then from there we can go ahead and pick them up, so there's means and ways of getting them out. To cross the border it's a two-day wait. That's one factor.
"The second factor is my cousin's husband - he is a mayor of the city and he's in the age range where he could possibly need to be at war. He's trying to collect as much as he can from the east to get to the west. So he's there working and he has to stay regardless.
"Ukrainians are very proud of their country and leaving is the last thing that they will do, unless they're pushed.
"People coming from the west, there's no hope for them to survive so they have to get out. We're trying to stick together, we're trying to keep families together. I'm constantly on the phone with them to see if they're ok. It's not easy."
Ukraine Charity is now fundraising for emergency medical supplies for Ukrainian hospitals, click here to donate.
