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Maksim Chmerkovskiy says he was arrested in Ukraine and is now trying to get out of the country
  • Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a pro on Dancing with the Stars, said he was arrested.

  • He told his followers in a video that he was going to try to get out.

  • The Ukrainian dancer urged his followers not to panic if he disappears.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a former contestant on Dancing with the Stars, says he was arrested in Ukraine and is trying to leave the country.

As the Russian invasion of his home country of Ukraine intensified, Chmerkovskiy shared a video on his social media accounts.

He said the streets are crazy. I was arrested at one point.

He described the moment as a "reality check" and said it was all good now.

That was probably the least traumatizing moment in this whole thing as far as Ukraine is concerned, but for Chmerkovskiy, it was just a reality check.

He said he was going to try to get out of Ukraine.

I'm going to try to get close to the border. He said that his options are better than most people.

I am a little nervous, but I think it will work out. I know it will be okay.

He urged his followers not to worry if he doesn't post updates as frequently while he is trying to make it to safety.

If I disappear for a little while, don't worry, I am going to do my best, I know a lot of people are watching.

According to People magazine, Chmerkovskiy was born in Ukraine in 1980 and moved to the US with his family in the 90s. He and his brother, Valentin, continued their professional dance careers in the US and eventually became contestants on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Last week, the dancer began sharing video updates on his social media accounts. He had 779,000 followers when he started uploading. As he posts firsthand accounts of what's happening in Ukraine, Chmerkovskiy's follower count has grown to 1.1 million.

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He was not planning on leaving the city as of last Friday because he had heard that it was not safe to travel towards the border.

People are getting involved. He said that the whole country has been called to go to war.

Putin authorized a full-scale attack on Ukraine last week. Many hundreds of miles from the previous conflict zone, the cities of Ukraine were bombarded by explosions in the hours that followed. Dozens of casualties were reported in the fighting on its borders with Russia.

Insider is covering the developments of the invasion on their live blog.

The original article can be found on Insider.

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