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More than 3,000 couples in Ukraine got married remotely during full-scale invasion – Ministry of Justice

Saturday, 17 June 2023, 12:00
More than 3,000 couples in Ukraine got married remotely during full-scale invasion – Ministry of Justice
A newly created family. Photo: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

More than 3,0000 remote marriages were registered during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Last year, within resolution No. 213 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the marriage procedure was simplified exclusively for military personnel. 

From 7 March 2022 to 15 May 2023, 3,328 couples married remotely in Ukraine, reports the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. 

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1,700 of these marriages were registered without the personal presence of any of the brides.

Based on an act drawn up by a commander or head, 1,577 couples were married, and 51 were married by a head of a healthcare institution.

Most marriages were registered in Kyiv (435). The second place was taken by Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (325). 244 couples got married in Odesa Oblast.

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New Ukrainian family. Photo: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

In Lviv Oblast, 213 couples got married; 187 couples wed in Poltava Oblast. In Cherkasy and Vinnytsia oblasts, 184 couples got married.

 
The new family of a serviceman. Photo: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 
 
Couple when registering a marriage. Photo: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 
 
 Marriage of a serviceman's family. Photo: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 

"War will not stop love! Happiness, love, and victory!" write the Ministry of Justice.

Background: At the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, women went abroad en masse with their children, so sociologists and psychologists predicted a "peak of divorces", but that didn't happen.

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