Good Morning AmericaMaksim Chmerkovskiy is opening up for the first time since escaping Ukraine a week after Russia invaded the country. The former Dancing with
Good Morning AmericaMaksim Chmerkovskiy is opening up for the first time since escaping Ukraine a week after Russia invaded the country. The former Dancing with the Stars pro, who was born in Ukraine but immigrated to the U.S. with his family in the 90s and is now a U.S. citizen, exclusively spoke to Good Morning America's T.J. Holmes. Chmerkovskiy was in Kyiv filming a dance show when Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Since then and even after arriving safely back in the U.S. Maks has posted on Instagram about what Ukranians are going through. "At the time of war, I realized you do what you can, right?" Chmerkovskiy, 42, said of his social media videos documenting his experience. "This was not me trying to publicize the situation. This was me trying to cry for help. I was just screaming out like, '.I just want you to see it, whoever you are.'" "It's a bit surreal, to be honest," he said. "This is a country, you know? And the cou
Good Morning AmericaMaksim Chmerkovskiy is opening up for the first time since escaping Ukraine a week after Russia invaded the country. The former Dancing with
Good Morning AmericaMaksim Chmerkovskiy is opening up for the first time since escaping Ukraine a week after Russia invaded the country. The former Dancing with the Stars pro, who was born in Ukraine but immigrated to the U.S. with his family in the 9.