Love in a Time of War
Anastasia Grachova and Anton Sokolov get married Sunday in Kharkiv. (Courtesy of the author)
Under threat of Russian bombs and amidst the rubble of Kharkiv, I got a wedding invitation.
Yesterday I went to a wedding. The bride, Anastasia Grachova, 33, wore a white dress and a veil tucked under a crown of flowers, paired with a leather jacket and knee-high combat boots (Dr. Martens, she told me—a wedding present). The groom, Anton Sokolov, 38, wore black Levi’s and black boots.
Instead of taking pictures in front of a church or a pictur…
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