city are stranded abroad helplessly watching ukraine fight the russian invasion from afar. as cnn's jim bitterman reports many of the dancers say they just want to go home. >> reporter: the 34 dancers of the kyiv city ballet troupe practiced and trained for weeks before coming to france on tour, but no rehearsals could have prepared them for the news they saw the day after they uharrive in paris. their country was invaded and they found themselves with no direction home. in the days that followed they nearly completed their scheduled tour, but stranded abroad now they face an uncertain future. the director says all of his troupe some as young as 18 years old want to go back because of families and friends who are now under fire at home. but he knows how dangerous that would be. >> the most good thing they can do is dance to provide