“This does feel like the way it was when and why we left in the 90s. Like my old PTSD I’ve finally fixed is coming back,” the ballroom dancer says
Former “Dancing With The Stars” pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy spoke out on Thursday about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he prepared to take refuge in a Kyiv bomb shelter. The 42-year-old performer, who is currently a judge on Ukraine’s “World of Dance,” posted a series of videos from his hotel room balcony as sirens and military vehicles sounded off in the background. “I trust my sources and no one saw this coming,” he told viewers, then clarified: “Not that no one saw this coming, but everyone was hoping that the finality of the situation would be averted, that there’s not going to be this kind of aggressive measures.” “There’s ALWAYS another way! WAR is NEVER an answer!” he added in the caption. “P.S. I will never be the same.” Chmerkovskiy, who grew up in Ukraine while it was still part of the Soviet Union, said that Russia’s attack was dredging up childhood traumas.
