Maksim Chmerkovskiy stuck in Ukraine as Russian forces began bombing, Peta Murgatroyd wondered if she'd ever see her husband again.
Desperate to pour her heart out, she sent him a message, all while knowing that it might be the last one he ever saw. "I literally wrote him a text, almost a goodbye text like if something happens," she told "Entertainment Tonight" on Thursday, April 7.
While Peta was in Los Angeles, Maksim had been in Kyiv judging the "World of Dance Ukraine" competition. On Feb. 24, Russia began launching rockets.
After a few days in the Ukrainian capital, Maksim escaped to Poland via train."To get the phone call and to see him frantically packing his bags trying to get out of the hotel was just like, I had a heart attack nearly.
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