‘Till death do us part’: Ukraine couples get married in war times

Yevhen Levchenko and Nadiia Prytula get married in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. After the wedding the couple must separate, Nadiia goes to study abroad and Yevhen stays because men cannot leave the country. A growing number of couples in Ukraine are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war with Russia. Some are soldiers, marrying just before they head off to fight. Others are united in determination that living and loving to the full are more important than ever in the face of death and destruction. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Denys Voznyi and Anna Karpenko leave after getting married in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Pavlo Savryha and Oksana Savryha are married in Chernihiv, Ukraine, June 19, 2022. The couple decided to marry after 18 years of being registered as a family, the day before Pavlo went to the frontline. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Champagne is set out on a table to celebrate the marriage of Denys Voznyi and Anna Karpenko in Kyiv, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Yevhen Nalyvaiko holds Daria Ponomarenko minutes after getting married in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Yevhen Levchenko and Nadiia Prytula leave after getting married in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Kateryna Lytvynenko and Ihor Zakvatskyi embrace after getting married in Kyiv, June 15, 2022. Ihor proposed to Kateryna on the day the war started. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Yevhen Levchenko and Nadiia Prytula wait to be married in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Denys Voznyi and Anna Karpenko pose for a photo before getting married in Kyiv. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Anna Karpenko heads to the limousine after marrying Denys Voznyi in Kyiv, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)