Ukrainian couple Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin got married just hours after a Russian government started its invasion of their country.
The two spent their first day as a married couple collecting their rifles and getting ready for the possible attack to defend Ukraine.

Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin handling rifles to defend Ukraine after their marriage. (credit Yaryna Arieva)
As of this writing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that a total of 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed and wounded more than 300 so far in the Russian invasion of his country.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Friday that more than 1,000 Russian soldiers had been killed so far in the Ukrainian conflict.