Maksim Chmerkovskiy says the tiff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is a communication breakdown coming on the worst time … however, he appears hopeful the 2 sides can work it out.

We caught up with Maksim at Dance With Me Dance studios in NYC Wednesday. Maksim and his brother Val — each of whom have labored on “Dancing with the Stars” for years — personal the studio.

Chmerkovskiy got here to the USA along with his brother and oldsters when he was 14 years previous from Ukraine … so, we needed to ask his opinion of Zelensky and Trump’s shouting match within the Oval Workplace final week when Zelensky was accused of not being grateful sufficient to the U.S. for support.

Maksim says everybody has an opinion on the Russia-Ukraine warfare … and, he is encouraging folks to consider the folks of Ukraine — fairly than the politicians who function the general public face of the nation.

Zelensky calls the argument between the 2 world leaders an “unlucky breakdown of communications” which he says is occurring on the worst attainable time.

As for DJT’s order to pause army support to Ukraine … Chmerkovskiy says the assist is important — ‘trigger folks have misplaced the whole lot within the battle, however they will be preventing to the bitter finish.

Chmerkovskiy says he has a message to share with Individuals too … hearken to the entire clip to listen to what he is received to say.

It’s possible you’ll bear in mind … Maksim was really out in Kyiv when the warfare started again in 2022, when Russia invaded — and, he shared his harrowing journey of escaping the nation and coming again to the U.S. on social media.