Stephen Fry rushed to bomb shelter during visit to Kyiv as the city shaken by explosions

Comedian and actor Stephen Fry had to find cover in an air raid shelter this week after explosions rocked Kyiv during his visit to the Ukrainian capital.

The 66-year-old presenter was rushed to a safer location during yet another Russian attack.

The Blackadder actor has explained how he was suddenly woken up at 4:45am on Wednesday morning by hotel staff telling him to get to the basement shelter amid air raid alarms.

Stephen and other hotel guests were then quickly taken to the shelter, with the star marvelling at how relaxed everyone appeared in spite of the imminent danger.

“People were laughing and chattering quite happily,” Fry said, revealing that the shelter was well-equipped with coffee machines and sofas on account of the fact that missile strikes have become a regular occurrence in Ukraine.

Taking to Instagram to keep his 705,000 followers updated on the scary situation, he told them: “No sound of drones or inbound missiles that I can detect…

However, an hour later, he issued a shocking new announcement after “no all-clear”.

Stephen and his fellow guests were told: “Your attention please, there are explosions in the city. Stay in the shelter.”

The former QI host remarked: “Some hotel guests had shrugged and gone back up the their rooms 10 minutes ago but are now sheepishly appearing again…

“I wasn’t smart enough to think of bringing a laptop down… The more seasoned citizens knew better,” he added in another post, attaching a picture of people watching laptops while sitting at tables that had been pushed together.

The next picture showed that Stephen was back outside, as it captured an ordinary-looking cafe with people sitting out in the sunshine.

Before the terrifying incident, Stephen had been in Kyiv to co-host a conference organised by Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine.

The aim of the event, which was very close to Stephen’s heart as the president of mental health charity Mind, was to address the mental health issues that have been worsened by war.

He described the conference as a chance to bring mental health experts together amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their lives.