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Online wedding law enables Kramatorsk medic’s ceremony

8/30/2026

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Volunteer medic Tetiana and soldier Oleksandr married in Kramatorsk’s Peace Square.
The ceremony took place on Ukraine’s 35th independence anniversary, a popular wedding holiday.
An online officiant conducted the wedding via video call under Ukraine’s 2024 online marriage law.
Six people were killed in 51 shelling incidents in Kramatorsk between Saturday and Tuesday.
Russian Rubicon drone unit attempted at least ten attacks on the city’s 80-metre Ukrainian flag pole.

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Story summary

Volunteer medic Tetiana and soldier Oleksandr married in Kramatorsk’s Peace Square.
The ceremony took place on Ukraine’s 35th independence anniversary, a popular wedding holiday.
An online officiant conducted the wedding via video call under Ukraine’s 2024 online marriage law.
Six people were killed in 51 shelling incidents in Kramatorsk between Saturday and Tuesday.
Russian Rubicon drone unit attempted at least ten attacks on the city’s 80-metre Ukrainian flag pole.