{"id":1344678,"date":"2022-02-26T08:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1344678"},"modified":"2022-02-26T08:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:07:57","slug":"somber-celebrities-react-to-russia-ukraine-war-my-heart-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/somber-celebrities-react-to-russia-ukraine-war-my-heart-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Somber Celebrities React to Russia-Ukraine War: \u201cMy Heart Hurts\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsomber-celebrities-react-to-russia-ukraine-war-my-heart-hurts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1344678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Celebrities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> descent are speaking out about the Russia-Ukraine crisis among signs that the Ukrainian capital was increasingly threatened early Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Russia pressed its <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">invasion of Ukraine <\/a>to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order.<\/p>\n<p>Ukranian-born star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Maks Chmerkovskiy<\/u><\/a>, a choreographer known for showcasing his talents on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/dancing-with-the-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Dancing with the Stars<\/u><\/a>,&#8221; revealed on Thursday that he&#8217;s currently in his native country and communicated his fear as he planned to head to a bomb shelter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/russian-forces-attack-kyiv-explosion-wracks-ukrainian-capital-live-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RUSSIAN GROUND FORCES NEAR KYIV: LIVE UPDATES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chmerkovskiy\u00a0shared a glimpse of the scene unfolding in the heart of Kyiv, where parents could be seen walking with their children with bags and suitcases, desperate to get out. The &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; pro wrote in his caption that he will &#8220;never be the same.&#8221; He said it&#8217;s bringing back &#8220;old feelings&#8221; from the 1990s when his family left the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/russia-ukraine-us-allies-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/wh-protest.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainians gather in front of the White House in Washington, USA to stage a protest against Russia&#039;s attack in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Ukrainians gather in front of the White House in Washington, USA to stage a protest against Russia&#8217;s attack in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Yasin \u00c3zt\u00c3\u00bcrk\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This does feel like the way it was when and why we left in the 90s. Like my old PTSD I\u2019ve finally fixed is coming back. I literally only just forgot about those \u2018always on the edge\u2019 feelings and actually started worrying about things like bbq grills. I\u2019m crying as I\u2019m typing this because all man deserves to worry about \u2018bbq grills\u2019 and not f&#8212;ing war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conjuring&#8221; actress Vera Farmiga, who has Ukrainian roots, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaUw29lrTen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted to Instagram<\/a> the country&#8217;s flag along with some lyrics from its national anthem. She used the hashtag #IStandWithUkraiine.<\/p>\n<p>Regina Spektor, a Grammy-nominated singer, compared Putin&#8217;s actions to the Nazis during World War II in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaXYzj6lXOZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/ss-kyiv-ukraine77.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"People take shelter at a building basement while the sirens sound announcing new attacks in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      People take shelter at a building basement while the sirens sound announcing new attacks in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Emilio Morenatti)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Today my heart hurts because no matter how many great works of art and music (Guernica\u2026. Masters Of War\u2026 Most of Okudzhava and Vysotsky\u2026 Vonnegut\u2026 Remarque\u2026 all those films in all those languages\u2026) portray the horrors of war, new Masters of War seem to rise up again in all the nations\u2026 Sending new children to slaughter each other,&#8221; wrote Spektor, 42, who was born in Moscow before her family left the former Soviet Union for New York City in 1989.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were, and still are, real Nazis in the world. But in Ukraine that are just millions of civilians being pulled into a war, and in Russia there are children being sent to fight and die for no reason other than the bottomless and horror filled &#8216;more more more more more more more&#8217; of politicians and corporations. And it&#8217;s terrifying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/dwts-maks-chmerkovskiy-ukraine-video-scared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8216;DWTS&#8217; MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY OF UKRAINE POSTS TEARFUL VIDEO FROM KYIV: &#8216;I&#8217;M VERY SCARED&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Katheryn Winnick of &#8220;Vikings,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaC2aIjJUlY\/?utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Instagram that she&#8217;s a &#8220;proud Ukrainian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are a Peaceful Country. We Do Not Deserve This War,&#8221; she wrote in a post on Thursday. She added that she woke up Thursday to text messages from her friends and family saying &#8220;it has begun.&#8221; &#8220;Some fleeing. Some taking shelter underground &#038; others staying to fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/style-and-beauty\/modeling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian model<\/a> Alexandra Kutas has been calling for others to oppose the invasion by Russia. She also asked Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Cyprus to &#8220;support cutting Russia off from SWIFT. As of now above motioned govts oppose this idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaZJ4luNckE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a photo<\/a> of a destroyed building up in flames. &#8220;My beloved Kiyv. My homeland. I\u2019m numb. Whenever you are outside of Ukraine go out today. Go to protest. We need to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine!!!! NOW!!! It will save innocent lives!!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;90 Day Fiance&#8221; star Yara Zaya, 27, who was born and raised in Ukraine, described her heartbreak in an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s honestly really hard for me because, yes, I do live in the United States now, but Ukraine, it is my home,&#8221; Zaya said. &#8220;I love my country, and it&#8217;s just so hard for me to even think that in 2022, in this world right now, war still exists, and people can kill other people for land and money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/yara2-.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Yara Zaya said she&#039;s been communicating with friends in Ukraine nonstop. They awoke Thursday to explosions, she said.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Yara Zaya said she&#8217;s been communicating with friends in Ukraine nonstop. They awoke Thursday to explosions, she said.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Dominton Talent House)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zaya said she&#8217;s spoken over the phone with friends in Kyiv, who woke up to explosions early Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My friends are calling me all the time. I just talked to my friend, and she&#8217;s like, \u2018Yara, I\u2019m so scared. I&#8217;m hearing the bombs. I&#8217;m hearing the explosions. I don&#8217;t want to hear the noise,'&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions sounded before dawn in Kyiv and gunfire was reported in several areas, as Western leaders scheduled an emergency meeting and Ukraine&#8217;s president pleaded for international help to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-europe-united-nations-kyiv-6ccba0905f1871992b93712d3585f548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fend off an attack <\/a>that could topple his democratically elected government, cause massive casualties and ripple out damage to the global economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The military said Friday that a group of Russian spies and saboteurs was seen in a district on the outskirts of Kyiv, and police told people not to exit a subway station in the city center because there was gunfire in the area. Elsewhere in the capital, soldiers established defensive positions at bridges, and armored vehicles rolled down the streets, while many residents stood uneasily in doorways of their apartment buildings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/ss-kyiv-ukraine00.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Emilio Morenatti)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Kyiv &#8220;could well be under siege&#8221; in what U.S. officials believe is a brazen attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to install his own regime.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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