“Dancing With the Stars” professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy posted an emotional message on Thursday about his home country, Ukraine, following the country’s celebration. invasion of Russia. Chmerkovskiy showed several videos of the streets of Kyiv before expressing his love for the people of Ukraine.
“Everyone hoped that the purpose of this situation would be avoided, that there would be no such aggressive measures,” he said, before heading for an ambulance running down an empty street, followed by what appeared to be a military convoy vehicle.
“I’m uncomfortable, I’m very scared … but I know, at least I have a chance. I have a passport and a way out. A lot of people here don’t, and it sucks! ** Nonsense,” he said.
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Chmerkovskiy is best known for his work on Dancing with the Stars, where he won the program’s Mirrorball Trophy in 2014 and met his wife, fellow dancer Peta Murgatroyd. He left the show in 2018 but continued as an expert in the world of dance. He was in Kyiv filming the country version of World of Dance when Russia began its attacks. On the show, both Chmerkovskiy and his brother Valentin were open about their immigration from Ukraine and their continued love for the country of their birth.
“I’ve had the incredible pleasure of being on the ground for about six months now, and I’ve fallen in love again, I never fell in love, but now I know who these people are. I know who this country is. what it represents, “he said.
“I will never be the same. This is stressful and I am recovering old feelings, as I have done before,” she wrote on her Instagram. “That feels like it was when and why we left in the ’90s. Like my old PTSD that I finally fixed is coming back. I literally just forgot about those feelings of’ always on the edge ‘and actually started to worry about things like barbecue grills. I’m crying as I write this because all men deserve to worry about “barbecue barbecues” and not shit war. Hug your loved ones. “
Ukraine has it he called Russia’s move to its capital is a “large-scale invasion,” which puts its residents under martial law. Leading international leaders, including President Joe Biden, have denounced Russia’s attacks. Since the bombings began on Thursday morning in parts of Ukraine, the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia’s largest banks and sent an additional 7,000 troops to Germany. But Biden has maintained that US forces will not participate in Ukraine.
“Putin is the aggressor,” Biden told a special news conference on Thursday. “Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences.”
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