Two Ukrainian couples, all members of the 14th Mechanized Brigade, have wed just months after they were brought together Scott Olson/Getty
Khrystyna Lyuta, 23, and Volodymyr Mykhalchuk, 28, tied the knot Sunday alongside Kristina and Vitaliy Orlich, both 23, according to Agence France-Presse. The double wedding took place in front of a registry office in Druzhkivka, a town about 25 miles away from the frontlines, according to Agence France-Presse.
The celebration marked the "first marriage in the brigade in wartime" since the start of the Russian invasion, priest Yuriy Zdebskiy told the AFP.
"War is war, but life goes on," Lyuta told AFP, regarding the weddings.
Added fellow bride Kristina, "I believe that this is about creating a new family — it doesn't matter where it happens or how." Sunday's wedding came over three months after Russian forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.The invasion, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has drawn condemnation around the world and increasingly severe economic sanctions against Russia.
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Still, romance has blossomed between the two couples, who may not otherwise have met.
Mykhalchuk and Lyuta, for instance, learned that they had lived about five kilometers apart in the same region for most of their lives and never knew each other until they met two months ago, per the AFP.
Despite only knowing each other for a short amount of time, Mykhalchuk told the news agency that getting married wasn't a "hasty decision."
"The main thing is that we love each other and we want to be together," he said.