By Free Republic | Created at 2025-03-03 14:41:23 | Updated at 2025-03-03 20:40:43
6 hours ago
Russian-Ukrainian couples withstand wrenching plights brought on by war
Seattle Times feature ^ | Fall 2024 | Alan Yuhas, Laura Boushnak, Oleksandra Mykolyshyn
Posted on 03/03/2025 6:12:16 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Ukrainian-Russian couples have long been common, a reflection of the deeply intertwined history the two countries share. Many Ukrainians have relatives in Russia, and vice versa, and travel between the two countries was common before the war.
Roman and Liliya
Roman Romanenko, 33, already got the call from the military and answered it, but that took him even farther from his 34-year-old wife, Liliya, who lives in St. Petersburg. The couple met online and were married on Jan. 20, 2022 — he had planned to join her in Russia a few months later.
The February invasion upended those plans, Roman said. “It was a disaster.”
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: marriage; peace; putin; romance; russia; ukraine; war; zelenskyy
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Peace is readily available, and then all of these sad stories would stop.
Zelensky wants war and suffering for Ukraine. He gets rich off of it. Zelensky is the bad guy here. He outranks Putin.
To: CondoleezzaProtege
My eyes are dry CondoleezzaProtege. This European land grab has killed millions so if you want the suffering to stop start posting stories that help end the war.
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