"Dancing With The Stars" pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy was filming in Kyiv, Ukraine when the Russian invasion began. He's been sharing updates of the situation on his Instagram ...
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00:00Just a lot of fighting everywhere. Streets are crazy.
00:06At one point, I got arrested, like, food outside of here.
00:12But again, all good, promise.
00:14This is nuts, and I think everybody's going through a lot of emotions.
00:36And I think it's time that I sort of expose mine a little bit in a more personal manner.
00:42This is a war. This is a crazy situation. It's insane, and I'm losing my final little things.
00:52As I said, I'm safe, but I'm starting to not be able to just sort of keep my head.
01:04So I'm trying to stay focused and just try to let my voice be heard.
01:12That was probably the least traumatizing moment in this whole thing as far as Ukraine is concerned, but for me, it was just a reality check.
01:31The last update is that I'm going to try to make my way out. I'm going to try to start getting towards the border.
01:49I have options. My options are better than most people's, unfortunately, but I'm just a little nervous, to be honest with you.
01:57But, you know, I think it's going to be all right. Well, I know it's going to be okay.
02:01And by the way, I'm not saying anything that a lot of other people don't have access to.
02:23Or this is not about me. I'm being very serious. It's not about me. I'm sorry I'm losing a little bit of my patience, but I just want everybody to do something, just anything.
02:39You know, it's very hard, and I understand. And I was that person, and we are all that people.
02:45If you're not in the situation, you don't see it. You make a post, you go about your day. I'm not asking for anything else. It's just a post. I think it'll go a long way.
03:15So, I'm on a station about 20, 30, 40, I don't actually know. I don't know where I'm at, but like 30 minutes before the Polish border, they stopped to change wheels on the train.
03:34Can't make this up.
03:35Anyway, there's a lot to unpack. And like I said, I'm not in a mental state right now to do so. I'm just trying to stay focused.