"Dancing with the Stars" pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy is sharing what it was like being in Ukraine when the war broke out and what he's doing to help his homeland.
Chmerkovskiy, who was born in Ukraine but is also a U.S. citizen, was in Ukraine earlier this year when Russia launched its invasion.The dancer was working as a judge on the Ukrainian version of "Dancing with the Stars" at the time.
When the war first broke out in February, Chmerkovskiy documented his experience of being in Kyiv. He kept his fans and the world updated on his perspective, frequently going on Instagram Live to document what he was witnessing. "When this whole thing happened.
I wasn't, you know, trying to portray something or, you know, I had an agenda to social media gather or whatever it is," Chmerkovskiy explained to Fox News Digital. "I was just little bit like, you know, there's no other way for me to say just to say … I'm terrified.
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