Ukrainian DTWS Pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy Is Posting Live From Kyiv As Russia Attacks -- MUST WATCH
24.02.2022 - 20:25
/ perezhilton.com
Dancing With The Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy is in Kyiv, Ukraine right now, where he had been judging on the Ukrainian version of the reality TV dancing competition show.
But just like millions of other Ukrainians in their homeland, his life was overturned on Thursday. Now, he is grappling with the terrifying and unsettling effects of Russia’s invasion of the eastern European nation, which began before dawn this morning.
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Chmerkovskiy took to Instagram in the early hours of Thursday morning to share with his followers — many of who are American, of course — the realities of being in Ukraine’s capital city during this military escalation. Speaking directly to the camera while standing on a balcony several floors above a street very close to the city center, the 42-year-old dancing professional said somberly (below):
In the caption of that initial IG video, the dancer added:
Amen. And he reflected more on his family’s history of living in the former Soviet republic 30 years ago, prior to coming to America. Writing about how his “old PTSD I’ve finally fixed is coming back,” Peta Murgatroyd‘s husband added:
Wow.
Here is that first clip (below), which also shows what appears to be several different Ukrainian family groups walking hurriedly while carrying suitcases and bags — presumably to flee the city and avoid the conflict:
Less than an hour later, Maksim added a second longer video to his IG account, too. In that one (below), he showed more shots of activity in the city of Kyiv as Russia’s military offensive continues to move forward:
So scary.
We honestly can’t even imagine what that must be like. Two hours after those initial