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Story summary
- Liudmyla Ryzhak and Leonid Ryzhak married in Kyiv despite a Russian missile strike.
- A Russian missile hit a warehouse across the street, blasting their Kyiv apartment on 8 September.
- The blast shattered windows, blew out doors and rendered their home uninhabitable.
- They fled with Liudmyla’s 6-year-old daughter and two guinea pigs to a shelter before the strike.
- After a three-hour alert, they returned to the registry office, which reopened at 10:40 a.m.
