Maksim Chmerkovskiy Shares Emotional Video Messages From Kyiv Amid Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
etcanada.comMaksim Chmerkovskiy is giving followers a personal update on the situation unfolding in Ukraine. On Thursday, the “Dancing with the Stars” pro shared from a balcony in Kyiv a series of videos, emotionally reacting to Russia’s invasion of the country. READ MORE: Kanye West Plans Trip To Russia To Meet With President Vladimir Putin “I’m in Kyiv, contrary to what I probably should’ve done a while ago,” he said in the first video. “Not that no one saw this coming, but everybody was hoping that the finality of this situation would be averted, that there wasn’t going to be these kind of aggressive measures.” In a second, more lengthy video, a visibly emotional Chmerkovskiy said, “You know me — I stay strong, and I don’t show it.
But I want to go back home. And I realize that I have the way to — I realize that I have a different passport, and my family is far away.” Letting followers know he was “about to go into a bomb shelter because s**t’s going down,” the dancer made a plea to the people of Russia. “In 2022’s civilized world, this is not the way we do things,” he said. “I think the Russians need to get up and actually say something, because no one’s opinion is being heard.
This is all one man’s ambition of something, and however convenient it sounds in Moscow, however comfortable you are where you are in Russia, I just don’t think this is the right thing.” READ MORE: ‘The View’ Co-Hosts, Celebs React To Biden, Putin Consultations On Updating Nuclear Pact Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began late Wednesday night, with shelling across the country, and ground troops heading into Ukrainian territory. “I’m uneasy, I’m very scared … but I do know, at the very least, I have a chance.
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