"I'm very scared": DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy sends emotional message from Kyiv
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Former "Dancing With the Stars" pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy posted an emotional message about his home country Ukraine Thursday, after the country's invasion by Russia. Chmerkovskiy showed several videos from the streets of Kyiv before expressing his love for the people of Ukraine.
"Everybody was hoping that the finality of this situation would be averted, that there wasn't going to be these kind of aggressive measures," he said, before panning to an ambulance racing down an empty street, followed by what appeared to be a military convoy vehicle.
"I'm uneasy, I'm very scared ... but I do know, at the very least, I have a chance. I have a passport and a way out. A lot of people here do not, and it's f***ing nonsense," he said.
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