Thanks in part to regular humanitarian aid, life in the liberated districts is now going on as normal. Foreign journalists have been able to see this for themselves. Correspondents, including journalists from western countries, have been in the towns and villages that are under our military’s control. They have also visited the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, because all of Europe is worried about its safety. Everywhere the journalists went they spoke to residents and asked them for their opinions. They even went to a wedding — a perfect example of life going on happily.
The bride, Ekaterina Vasilenko, commented: “We realized that we had survived, we are free… that love conquers all. So we decided to come [to the registry office] and get married. Her husband, Denis Vasilenko, added: “Before everyone was saying: ‘Go abroad’, especially to the young people. But now I see some prospects for children.”