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  • Kyiv couple marries after Russian strike ruins their home
    A Russian strike hit a warehouse across the street from Liudmyla and Leonid Ryzhak's Kyiv apartment overnight into 8 September, sending a blast wave through their home hours before they were due to get married, the Associated Press reported. Leonid, 43, a soldier on leave from the front, had come back for the wedding. Ukrainians keep marrying and rebuilding through a war that keeps interrupting both. More than 79,000 couples registered their marriages in the first half
     
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Kyiv couple marries after Russian strike ruins their home

Par : Zoriana Katola
10 septembre 2026 à 10:01

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A Russian strike hit a warehouse across the street from Liudmyla and Leonid Ryzhak's Kyiv apartment overnight into 8 September, sending a blast wave through their home hours before they were due to get married, the Associated Press reported. Leonid, 43, a soldier on leave from the front, had come back for the wedding.

Ukrainians keep marrying and rebuilding through a war that keeps interrupting both. More than 79,000 couples registered their marriages in the first half of 2026, 16% more than in the same period last year, nearly 40% of them online, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Justice figures. In July alone, the UN counted 437 civilians killed across the country, the deadliest month since May 2022.

The explosion blew out the windows, scattered furniture, and left the apartment uninhabitable. The couple fled to a shelter with Liudmyla's 6-year-old daughter and two guinea pigs. Their cat hid and could not be found. A second strike hit after they reached the shelter.

Liudmyla and Leonid Ryzhak's Kyiv apartment on 8 September 2026, its windows blown out by the blast wave from a Russian strike on a warehouse across the street. Screenshot from AP video

Neighbors clearing debris stopped to congratulate them.

“We should all be celebrated, that we survived,” Liudmyla replied.

They dug their wedding clothes out of the debris. Liudmyla, 33, shook broken glass from her white tulle skirt, which had small holes. Leonid could not find his dress trousers, so he wore army trousers with his embroidered shirt and sneakers.

kyiv couple marries after russian strike ruins home · post liudmyla leonid ryzhak married 8 2026 hours hit warehouse across street blast wave left apartment uninhabitable ap video bride inside
Liudmyla and Leonid Ryzhak married in Kyiv on 8 September 2026, hours after a Russian strike hit a warehouse across the street and a blast wave left their apartment uninhabitable. Screenshot from AP video

The strike was part of a mass Russian attack on Kyiv that came once US peace envoys left the capital, ending a lull that had held for three days. Russia launched 166 drones and 32 cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight, along with ballistic and anti-ship missiles, and air defenses downed 142 drones, 31 cruise missiles, and two ballistic missiles, the Air Force said. Three people were killed in Kyiv, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said.

The couple arrived at the registry office on time, at 10:40, but another air-raid siren sounded soon after and the office closed. They waited in the courtyard for almost three hours as explosions hit the surrounding districts.

Eventually, the alert ended, and the couple went inside.

"If God gave me a continuation of life, then why should I put it off?" Liudmyla said. "At least for now, I have the right to be happy," she added.

They got married.

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