Long process, that it is right now. but it was an eerie feeling when i realized for the first time in my adult life and i travel professionally for, you know, dance competitions and so on, my most of my life, it was the furst time i realized i wasn t able to get home. the airport is not something i can just go into or train station and buy a ticket and leave. this was a very eerie feeling. and i know your family, your father and your family in new jersey are they started raising funds pretty much from the beginning of this war. can you tell me about what you all are doing? yes. so, as soon as this became a reality, i guess, like, february 24th, 25th, we took about a week or ten days to get everything started, but baranova 27 was born.
In western ukraine from the east, you know, from fighting regions and don t have anything. i was able to from poland organize a truck of food supplies, baranova 27 is responsible for sending aid like clothing, bedding material, and also things like ipads or, you know, things that they can use for their education and so on. so that s what we re trying to do. as well as just send all the tons of humanitarian aid that we re receiving. yeah. maks, it is amazing work that you and your family are doing and we thank you so much for being with us. maks chmerkovskiy, thank you. thank you so much for having me. and cnn s coverage continues right now.