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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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.
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.
My neighbors are a Ukraine-Russia couple
She’s from just north of Kiev towards Chernobyl, He’s from Moscow region. They met in medical school somewhere in Russia.
Was at a gathering at their home. Some leftist fool (you know how leftists love mindless slogans) learned she was from Kiev region said to her “Slava Ukraini!” - she pulled him aside and said “No. No. No. We don’t say that.”
That whole area has known war for 150 years.
Its long past time to stop it and stop supporting it.
Zelensky can end the war if he just surrenders to the invaders.
Putin can step the war if he just stopped invading..
It’s a team effort here!
bttt
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