Love Wins! While Fighting For The Nation, Ukrainian Couple Get Hitched In Uniform
Two newlyweds were captured getting married in military uniform near Kyiv. The footage shows couple Lesya and Valeriy, who are with the territorial defence.
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a heartwarming video has emerged showing a Ukrainian couple getting married while fighting for their nation.
The video shows how the newly married couple is in their military uniform and surrounded by fellow soldiers. Their fellow colleagues can be seen singing and applauding the newlyweds on their special day.
According to The Daily Mail, the husband and the wife are named Lesya and Valeriy. The fellow soldiers made sure that the couple had a nice wedding despite the ongoing war and somehow managed to find a veil for the bride and even arranged a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne.
Olesya got married today in a battlefield ceremony in Kyiv as Russian forces push closer into the city. pic.twitter.com/M2cQO8s5hY
¡ª Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) March 6, 2022
Both the newlyweds were applauded and the bride looks to have swapped her helmet for a white veil as she smiled and held Valeriy's hand. There is also a soldier among the lot that appears to be wearing an Orthodox Christian cross, often seen at weddings in the country where the religion is followed by a majority of people.
The footage was shared by Paul Ronzheimer, a reporter for German news outlet BILD-Zeitung.
This couple, Lesya and Valeriy, just got married next to the frontline in Kyiv. They are with the territorial defense. pic.twitter.com/S6Z8mGpxx9
¡ª Paul Ronzheimer (@ronzheimer) March 6, 2022
The couple is part of Ukraine's Territorial Defence Force, which according to reports is a branch of the Ukrainian military made up of civilian reservists used to bolster the defence of the nation against Vladimir Putin's invasion.
The video received a lot of love from the people on the internet. Many wished the couple love and prosperity. They hoped for the couple to have a long life in a free country.
Blessings to the couple and even more to their marriage ???????????? Prayers to all as #IStandWithUkraine ????
¡ª danie828 (@danie828) March 6, 2022
This pic was taken by me on I-66 in Virginia yesterday. pic.twitter.com/MOsxiEgjIL
That's heartbreaking...to see so much love in the middle of a MASSACRE..She definitely didn't think that an army uniform will be her wedding dress
¡ª Mon@ (@Mon8118808) March 6, 2022
Congratulations to the newly weds ! May you live in a free and happy country ! God Bless you ! pic.twitter.com/oyfSFITqFF
¡ª Fior di Maggio (@fiordimaggio22) March 6, 2022
Cried a little at this
¡ª Dr Charlotte Mears (@CharlotteEMears) March 6, 2022
Congratulations to married couple!
¡ª Samuel Kopperoinen (@SKopperoinen) March 6, 2022
¡±Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.¡± Jeremiah 29:6
The Russian invasion has reached its eleventh day. Even though lives have been lost, Ukrainians are still fighting with the utmost determination.
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