Photos: In military fatigues, Ukrainian reservists marry at Kyiv checkpoint

Couple exchanged their rings in front of fellow fighters and military chaplain

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces Lesia Ivashchenko is accompanied by a deputy commander of her battalion at her wedding with Valerii Fylymonov during Ukraine-Russia conflict, at a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Fylymonov listen to a priest at their wedding.
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Lesia Ivashchenko reacts at her wedding.
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Lesia and Valerii listen to a priest.
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Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Fylymonov at their wedding during Ukraine-Russia conflict, at a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Lesia and Valerii exchange rings.
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Lesia and Valerii react at their wedding.
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Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko congratulates Lesia and Valerii.
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