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☆ Newlywed soldiers on Ukraine's frontline dream of growing old together: 'The main thing is to survive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two soldiers on the frontline of battle in Ukraine paused their military duties to get married. After a short honeymoon, the pair will return to fight in Donetsk, as they dream of growing old together. The pair's modest wedding was planned and donated to them by a Ukrainian charity that typically provides supplies for female soldiers such as combat uniforms and boots. "We will live," The Times reported Merezhko said after the ceremony. Dluzhynska's hope for the future was even simpler than her new husband's: "The main thing is to survive," she said.

Persons: Merezhko, Yuliia Dluzhynska, Dluzhynska, Khrystyna, Lyuta Organizations: Service, New York Times, Zemliachky, Times Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ Russia Says It Shot Down 2 Ukrainian Missiles Over Border Cities: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Anton Troianovski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Credit... Laura Boushnak for The New York Times“He has never seen me like this,” Ms. Dluzhynska said of the groom. 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. In his vows, Mr. Merezhko drew laughs describing how he had worn dirty shorts to their first meeting.

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☆ Two Ukrainian Service Members Take a Break to Say ‘I Do’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The groom could not wait to kiss the bride. 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.”Maksym Merezhko, 43, and the bride, Yuliia Dluzhynska, 39, both serve in Ukraine’s military and had traveled to Kyiv the night before from the eastern Donetsk region. The couple had been officially married days before, signing a marriage license in a stuffy room in Sloviansk. “It takes a lot of time to organize a wedding, and when you are on the front line, you don’t have that free time,” said Kseniia Drahaniuk, Zemliachky’s co-founder.

Persons: “, Maksym, Yuliia Dluzhynska, Dluzhynska, ”, Kseniia Drahaniuk, Zemliachky’s Locations: Kyiv, Donetsk, Sloviansk

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