Maksim Chmerkovskiy has shared new updates from his native Ukraine amidst the conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Dancing with the Stars pro, 42, posted two videos to Instagram on Friday, February 25 from a bomb shelter in the capitol city of Kyivand, which has come under attack by Russian troops.
Maks said that while he’s currently “safe” in the Eastern Europe country, he’s learning from fellow Ukrainians that “the situation is pretty dire.” “People are being mobilized, the whole country is being called to go to war,” he explained. “Men, women, boys, people that I was judging some days ago, are going forward and getting guns and getting employed to defend the country.” The famous dancer went on, “I don’t represent everybody, again I’m not reporting the news.
I’m just saying from my experience, people that I’m talking to are very aggressively charged. This is gonna be tough. If it’s not resolved in a peaceful manner in some way or form in the next day or so, I think it’s gonna take a turn for very much more aggressive actions and a lot more casualties.” Maks also said that “kids are getting sick” as citizens, like himself, shelter to stay safe from the escalating situation.
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