Russia-born man marries Ukrainian woman in Dharamshala, urges nations to ‘make love, not war’
“Once Russia and Ukraine were like brothers. We need to make love, not war. It’s not about the people, but the governments who are fighting,” the couple said.
Russian-born Sergey Novikov had come to India last year with his Ukrainian girlfriend Alona Burmaka. There were in India when in February, Russia invaded Ukraine. Now, the couple have gotten married in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala and has a message for the countries — “make love, not war”.
The couple tied in the knot following Hindu traditions in a temple on August 2.Novikov, who has been living in Israel, told news agency ANI, “We come from Israel and Ukraine. We came to India last year and felt that this is a special place to get married by Hindu tradition. Once Russia and Ukraine were like brothers. We need to make love, not war. It’s not about the people, but the governments who are fighting.”
Speaking about their marriage, Burmaka said, “I met Sergey in Israel and we have been together for almost six years, when we came to India, we decided to marry, to connect our souls. We like India and its culture which is it’s very deep, nice, lovely.”
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