Dancing with Stars pro feels 'guilty,' 'ashamed' and 'upset' after fleeing Ukraine with women/kids

[Demovictory9]

**note, he lived most of life in America, not sure if he was required to stay in Ukraine**

Dancing With the Stars” pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy spoke Friday about his mental state after fleeing Ukraine for Los Angeles.

“I’m a big boy, but I know for a fact that I’m going through something mentally,” Chmerkovskiy said on “Good Morning America.” “I get into these cry moments, I’m emotional, I can’t control it.”

The 42-year-old Ukrainian-American publicly chronicled his journey out of Ukraine after Russia invaded, including a train ride to Poland and a flight to Los Angeles, which landed Wednesday.

But in Friday’s interview, Chmerkovskiy sounded remorseful.

“I cried from the airport, I felt embarrassed ... the entire ride back cause I was the only man on the train amongst all women and children,” he said. “I feel guilty. I feel bad. I feel ashamed. I feel upset.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-maksim-chmerkovskiy-interview-ukraine-20220304-z74ssh52uve6zgjtrtndrp2pcm-story.html

[Duncanpup]

1. Women and kids and elderly first in line drawing AK74

I’m catching a train to save my hide.

[tanyev]

2. His wife said he is a U.S. citizen, he does not have dual citizenship.

If that's true, he would not be required to stay. He was just there to film a dance show when everything blew up. I understand why he would have felt some shame on the trip out, but he could have mitigated that by being helpful to everyone he was traveling with. Maybe he did, I don't know.