Ukrainian Militants: After Making Marriage Promises Amid Siren Attacks, This Couple Immediately Joins The Military

Sviatoslav Fursin, left, and Yaryna Arieva kneel during their wedding ceremony in the cathedral of St. Michael in Kyiv on Thursday. (Christian Streib/CNN)

JAKARTA - The couple should have planned their wedding on May 6 at a restaurant overlooking the Dnieper River. However, the invasion of Russian military forces that pushed into the joints of the Ukrainian territory forced them to speed up the wedding schedule.

Yaryna Arieva and her partner, Sviatoslav Fursin, immediately decided to rush to tie their love bond. Very sad. On what should have been the happiest day, it took place against the background of the sound of air-raid sirens that were so deafening to their ears.

"It was very scary," said Arieva as quoted by CNN, Thursday, February 24.

"This is the happiest moment of your life, and you go out, and you hear it," continued the 21-year-old.

If Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't start his full-scale operation, Arieva and Fursin are planning to get married on May 6. And the celebration was held in a restaurant with a natural view overlooking the Dnieper River.

"Just us and the river and the beautiful lights," he said.

When asked about the future, they answered that they did not know what would happen. But one thing is for sure, Arieva and Fursin will not go with the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who have fled their country in droves looking for a safer place.

After their wedding, Arieva and Fursin prepared to go to the local Territorial Defense Center to join the effort to help defend the country.

War for Ukraine is actually nothing new. The specter of war has loomed over Ukraine for years. But still, they were shocked by the Russian invasion.

Current conditions in Ukraine

Russian troops are now only about 20 miles from Kyiv. Russian mechanized troops have entered Ukraine via Belarus, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Kyiv.

These Russian troops entered Ukraine targeting Kyiv with the aim of encircling the city and trying to overthrow the Ukrainian government.

Satellite images also depicted dozens of vehicles moving across a pontoon bridge near Chernobyl. A long convoy of vehicles has been moved across a military pontoon bridge over the Pripyat River near the Ukraine-Belarus border, according to new satellite imagery from Capella Space.