He is still there, in the capital city of Kyiv, asRussian began invadingon Thursday.
Chmerkovskiy took to Instagram, posting videos of himself near government buildings in Kyiv.
No soldiers or fighting is visible, but sirens can be heard in the background.
‘Dancing With the Stars’ alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy is in Ukraine as Russia invades.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
“I will never be the same,” Chmerkovskiy wrote in the caption of his first video.
“This is stressful and I’m getting old feelings back, like I’ve done this before.
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.”
Nevertheless, sirens can be heard behind him.
Yet Kyiv is far from that region, and explosions have been heard there.
PresidentJoe Bidenhascondemned the moveas an “unprovoked and unjustified attack.”
I have a passport and a way out.
A lot of people do not, and it’s f—ing nonsense.
I love Ukraine, it’s an incredible pleasure to spend six months now on the ground.
I fell back in love.
I know now who these people are, what this country is, and what it stands for.
It is totally not what is being portrayed to the Russian people to get to justify this invasion."
