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Natalie Mordovtsevais giving fans an update about her family and friends as the war in her native country of Ukraine rages on.
“My mom is safe from today morning, she made it to Europe with some other families,” the90 Day Fiancéstar, 37, wrote in an Instagram Story posted on Monday, about her mother who also appeared on the reality show.
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Mordovtseva, who viewers were first introduced to on season 7 of the long-running TLC show, is one of the latest Ukrainian celebs to give followers an update on the devastating invasion of their home country.
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Dancing with the StarsproMaks Chmerkovskiyhas been using his Instagram Stories to share his harrowing experience of being stuck in Kyiv as Russian began its invasion, telling followers over the course of multiple days that he waspreparing tohead to a bomb shelter,had gotten arrested, and had escaped Ukraine on a train headed to Poland.
On Tuesday, Chmerkovskiy, 42, revealed thathe had finally made itto the Ukraine-Poland border after detailinghis “traumatizing” experiencegetting there.
“AT first it feels manageable, but it gets A LOT worse when it comes time to actually board the train. Long story but all I can say now is that I’m a big man with nothing but a backpack it’s TRAUMATIZING,” the father of one wrote.
Various countries have also pledged aid or military support to Ukraine, whose president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has pleaded for peace talks while urging his country to resist.
Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the interest of so-called “peacekeeping.”
“The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine,” PresidentJoe Bidensaid as the invasion began in force in February.
source: people.com
