Peta Murgatroyd Shares Sadness Over Ukraine Crisis: ‘This Is Continually Breaking My Heart’

Peta Murgatroyd could not contain her sadness over the heartbreaking situation in Ukraine.

"I have had a morning... This is continually breaking my heart. I'm struggling to get through some days," the 35-year-old Latin ballroom dancer said in an Instagram story Wednesday. "Sometimes I have great days, other times I have terrible days because I just can't get this out of my head. I've walked those streets. I've been there. It is such a beautiful country."

Murgatroyd tearfully explained that she and husband, Ukrainian-born choreographer Maksim Chmerkovskiy are helping the people of Ukraine after the latter returned to the U.S. on March 2. "It does not mean that we aren't continually doing stuff to try to help, and we aren't continually thinking about what is going on there every single day."

Also on Wednesday, Murgatroyd uploaded a short clip showing the beautiful cities of Ukraine prior to the arrival of Russian military forces in the nation. Near the middle of the clip, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum showed snippets of the war including civilians dying, children crying, residential areas being bombed and a mass grave.

“This is murder,” a text read as the images shows a soldier consoling a crying child. “Close the sky over Ukraine,” another text said as the clip ended.

Murgatroyd captioned her post, “A catastrophe. I want to bring all the children to my home. I want all of them. I wish I could. I wish the sky could close. I wish I could take away the parents’ pain. This is continually breaking my heart. It’s unfathomable…Please. If you have not donated, please consider giving something. I have organizations listed on my feed.”

Chmerkovskiy was in Ukraine filming for “The World of Dance-UA” when the attacks erupted. Since then, he documented his experiences beginning with the time he left his hotel to go to a bomb shelter until he boarded an overcrowded train from Kyiv to Poland which carried mostly women and children.

Recently, Chmerkovskiy admitted feeling "survivor's remorse" and he is “working on an opportunity to go back and join efforts on the ground” to support Ukraine’s refugees.