supports HTML5 videoMaksim Chmerkovskiy has been forced to evacuate to a bomb shelter amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The Dancing With The Stars professional is Ukrainian-American and is currently trapped in Ukraine’s capital city as Russia launches a full-fledged attack on the country.Sharing a video on his instagram stories, the father-of-one assured fans he was safe and thanked everyone for their messages of support and concern.As air sirens blared in the background, he revealed he was on his way to a bomb shelter and pleaded with Russian forces to ‘end this’.For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our live blog: Russia-Ukraine live‘The world is standing up, I know how hopeless and helpless everyone is feeling,’ he said. ‘There is real, major life suffering going on.’He revealed that his friends were ‘sticking it out in the basement’ amid the attack, and their children were ‘getting sick’ from staying underground where ‘there’s no heat’.Maksim said military personnel and press were milling around the city, but insisted that while he would ‘do my best to keep you updated, I’m not a reporter, I’m just somebody who is just here, I’m stuck, that’s it.‘I’m not moving towards the border, there’s no way.’He paid tribute to the ‘incredible Ukrainian men and women armed forces,’ and said ‘this nation is not giving up.
They’re going to be fighting’.‘This is going to get really bad. Young men are signing up to go to f*****g war. This is very real.
It’s extremely disturbing.’The choreographer told viewers that civilians were getting into military outfits, ‘grabbing guns and going to the front line’.‘Nobody is giving up,’ he said, warning ‘this is going to be very very bad, this is going to escalate to extreme.
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