Maksim Chmerkovskiy says he will «never be the same» amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. In social media posts shared on Thursday, the former pro, who grew up in Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union, spoke out from the capital of Kyiv amid Russia's invasion of the country.
The ballroom dancer has been filming as a judge for the upcoming season of Ukraine's . «This is definitely not the time where I would normally would be posting anything on social media,» he told viewers in a video filmed from a balcony as sirens sounded and military vehicles drove by below him.«I trust my sources and no one saw this coming,» he said before clarifying, «Not that no one saw this coming, but everyone was hoping that the finality of the situation would be averted.»The 42-year-old performer fought back tears as he told viewers, «I want to go back home and I realize that I have the way to, I realize that I have a different passport and my family is far away.» The dancer is married to fellow pro Peta Murgatroyd and the couple share 5-year-old son Shai, both of whom appear to currently be in the United States.
Meanwhile, Chmerkovskiy acknowledged, his friends' relatives in Ukraine «can't just escape.» While addressing any Russians watching, Chmerkovskiy said, «I am not at this point someone who is pleading for someone else's safety from a far distance, from a safe distance.
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