The pair have been together for 10 years but same-sex marriages are not recognised in Ukraine
A Ukrainian LGBT couple have had their dream wedding in the UK, a year after they fled the war with Russia.
Yulia and Tetiana, who have been together for 10 years, said they had wanted to tie the knot for a long time.The couple exchanged vows in matching T-shirts at Ripley Town Hall, in Derbyshire, in March, on what they said was a "very special day".The couple travelled to Derbyshire, initially settling with their hosts Helen and Sarah "It was the wedding of our dreams. We wanted something really little, really small, really private.
"We had our private ceremony in the mayor's office. We had our friends there and they made this day very special for us.""We rented an unfurnished flat but it is now full of things, mainly from friends," added Tetiana.'Difficult' circumstancesThe couple previously told the BBC they had been planning their wedding for some years.
"For Russian and Ukrainian [LGBT] people, the only possibility is to go abroad to be married," Tetiana said. "If we were told two years ago we were going to get married in Great Britain, we would have said 'wonderful'.The couple, who worked as translators in Kiev, said they planned to donate money to Ukraine's war effort and hope, eventually, to return to their homeland.
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