MAKS FLEES UKRAINE: How I Made It Out Alive
inTouch|March 21, 2022
DWTS alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy recalls his harrowing escape from his war-torn homeland
MAKS FLEES UKRAINE: How I Made It Out Alive

It was an emotional scene: Peta Murgatroyd waited patiently at the arrivals area of Los Angeles International Airport on March 2 before rushing into her husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy's arms for a long, emotional embrace. After his fellow former Dancing With the Stars pro finally stepped away, Maks pulled her back in for a kiss and another tight hug. "I'm just trying to process the fact that I'm here and the place that I just left is getting bombed right now,” the dancer and choreographer said to a group of press about leaving his home country of Ukraine, where he had been filming that country's version of World of Dance in Kyiv just before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. “I just want to go home."

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