Maxim Chmerkovsky says he is “safe” and “not trying to leave Ukraine” … but warns of a “difficult situation” as he remains in Kiev after the Russian invasion
- The 42-year-old Dancing With the Stars professional updated his fans while staying in Kiev
- The Ukrainian-born singer said he was “safe” but warned of a “difficult situation”
- On Thursday, Russian forces shelled the city of nearly 3 million people
- Chmerkovski added that “the whole country is called to go to war”
Ukrainian born Dancing with the stars pro Maxim Chmerkovsky continues to inform fans about his safety, as he remains in the capital of his country Kiev after Russiathe invasion.
The 42-year-old professional dancer released two videos on Friday telling fans he was “safe” but warned of the country’s increasingly aggressive and “terrible” situation.
He also explained in the second video that he was “not trying to leave Ukraine at the moment”, explaining: “I’m not moving to the border … I heard it’s not safe.”
At the beginning of the first video, he began: “I’m here again, I’m safe. We are not told to move and I just follow the instructions. That’s all I can say.
Update: Maxim Chmerkovsky says he is “safe” in Ukraine, but warns that “the situation is quite difficult” as he remains in Kiev after the Russian invasion
“But the reality is that I’m also talking to my friends who are here, the Ukrainians, and the situation is quite difficult.”
Chmerkovski added that the people in the country were “mobilizing” and said: “The whole country is being called to go to war. Men, women, boys … move on and get weapons and deploy to defend the country.
The update comes after a senior US defense official said on Friday that Russia has “about a third of its fighting power” in Ukraine, adding: “This does not mean that they will not engage anymore.”
“I am here again, I am safe. We are not told to move and I just follow the instructions. That’s all I can say, “he said at the beginning of the video.
The DWTS expert also warned that people in Ukraine were “very aggressively accused.”
He said: “If this is not resolved peacefully in some way or form in the next day or two, I think it will lead to many, many more aggressive actions and many more casualties.”
Speaking about the horrors of the situation, he added: “There are children who get sick, people take shelter and people who can’t just get up and run, right: small children, elderly people.”
“That’s the way it is in any conflict, I just pay attention to the fact that it’s happening.”
Necessary prayers: Maxim Chmerkovsky’s wife Peta Murgatroyd prays for prayers as the Ukrainian-born dancer stays in Kiev after a Russian invasion of the country at night; Peta and Maxim in the photo on February 13
Saying, “Please pray for my husband Max. I don’t usually ask these things from my social media network, but today is extremely difficult and the next few days will be even more difficult, “the 35-year-old Margatroyd wrote on Instagram on Thursday.
On Thursday, Kiev ordered civilians to bomb shelters and announced a curfew amid fears that Russia would strike the city after Ukrainian troops lost control of a key airport about 25 miles away.
In a video released yesterday, Maxim also directly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin: “I think in 2022. [in a] civilized world, this is not the way we do things.
“It’s all one man’s ambition,” he continued.
“As much as it sounds, as comfortable as it sounds in Moscow, as comfortable as it is where you are in Russia, I just don’t think that’s the right thing to do and these are the right steps and these are the right actions.”
The star promised to try to keep his followers up to date with the situation abroad and asked people to respect his wife’s privacy at the moment.
“There is ALWAYS another way! WAR IS NEVER AN ANSWER! #standwithukraine, “he wrote in the caption of the video.
“S ** t’s going down”: Ukrainian-born Dancing With the Stars professional Maxim Chmerkovsky fears for his life and the lives of his friends in Kiev after a Russian invasion of the country at night