‘We Must Live in the Moment’: Ukrainian Reservists Marry in Military Fatigues at Kyiv Checkpoint

‘We Must Live in the Moment’: Ukrainian Reservists Marry in Military Fatigues at Kyiv Checkpoint
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For a Ukrainian couple who’ve been together for 20 years and raised an 18-year-old daughter, an official marriage was never of any significance.

However, when the war knocked on their door, Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Filimonov reconsidered their attitude toward marriage and decided to tie the knot.