‘DWTS’ Star Maksim Chmerkovskiy Documents Harrowing 31-Hour Escape From Ukraine

Among the many scrambling to escape war-torn Kyiv was Ukrainian-born “Dancing with the Stars” choreographer Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The dancer, who was born in Odessa but immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, in 1994, was in Ukraine when Russia invaded. With nothing more than a backpack, the dancer documented his harrowing journey out of the country. He finally made it to Poland in the early hours of Tuesday after 31 hours of no sleep.