11-year-old Ukrainian schoolboy enjoys a bit of Christmas magic amid the horrors of war

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Ukrainian schoolboy Demid's neighborhood in Mariupol was destroyed and he is now with his family in Lviv. He saw unimaginable horrors, but smiled as he received a Harry Potter Lego set

Half projection of his Harry Potter Lego set

A wide grin spreads across 11-year-old Demid's face as he unboxes a Lego Harry Potter set.

The Ukrainian schoolboy has seen unimaginable horrors, but is now experiencing a bit of Christmas magic, thanks to filmmaker Shahida Tulaganova and security specialist Steve Holland.

The duo met Demid earlier this year for Shahida's ITV documentary Children of Ukraine.

Demid's neighborhood in Mariupol was destroyed and he is now with his family in Lviv.

He said, "I don't wish anyone to go through what we did."

Shahida, 47, has been covering life in Ukraine since 2014, when Russian hostilities began.

Demid was happy to receive his gift

When people contacted her asking for help after seeing her film, she set up a crowdfunding campaign with Steve, from Hartford, Cheshire, to come back with Christmas gifts.< /p>

Shahida said, "Relationships with the people I film never end when the film is over."

Steve and his Birmingham-based colleague, Richard Deakin, set off from Manchester last Sunday in a donated van and truck.