A young couple in Ukraine delighted in first love. Then the war came for them

Kyiv Express: Ukraine's Everlasting Night Train | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

An old folksong about a man who misses his true love reverberates along the platform, and the Kyiv Express departs on another 15-hour journey between Ukraine and Poland. The people onboard have their own stories to tell: of long-overdue reunions, of sweethearts lost to Russia's invasion, or the need for some respite in a far-flung land. In many ways, they are at one with their mode of transport: war-weary, but full of spirit, and determined to c…

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A young couple in Ukraine delighted in first love. Then the war came for them

They met in a park on a winter’s day in Kyiv. The teenage girl was a manicurist. The boy delivered food. Like their battered country, they had larger dreams. A doctor, an engineer.

Kiev - They met in a Kiev park one winter day. A teenage girl who worked as a manicurist and a boy who delivered food. Like their battered country, they had bigger dreams. To become a doctor, an engineer. But first, marriage. Seventeen-year-old Danylo Chudya told Alyonka Zavadskaya's mother that he planned to propose to her 16-year-old daughter this summer to surprise her on her birthday. He wanted to marry her when she turned 18, writes the AP …