Everything was donated, including the dress, venue and the honeymoon. Read more at straitstimes.com.
He kissed her when she walked down the aisle, and during the ceremony. He kissed her after his vows, after hers, and again when they finally said “I do.”
“It takes a lot of time to organise a wedding, and when you are on the front line, you don’t have that free time,” said Zemliachky co-founder Kseniia Drahaniuk. Wearing a camouflage windbreaker and sipping a “NonStop Military Edition” energy drink, she emanated composure as two women pinned her blond hair into an updo.
They met three years ago through a dating website and were soon planning a life together. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Mr Merezhko rejoined the military to fight. About a month later, Ms Dluzhynska followed, as a medic, to be near him.At the wedding ceremony, in an event space with a roof deck overlooking Kyiv, cloth azaleas formed a white arch. Thirteen white chairs were arranged in neat rows, though the only guests were Zemliachky volunteers.
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