Posted: 22:08, July 19, 2022 | Updated: 22:12, 19 July 2022
Distraught but defiant, a bride stands motionless wearing her wedding dress – a symbol of her future – in the bombed-out remains of the home where she grew up. Daria Stenyukova’s childhood home was hit by a Russian missile during an airstrike in the central city of Vinnytsia that killed at least 24 people last week. The 31-year-old yoga teacher was preparing for her wedding to husband Vitaly Zavalniuk, a 30-year-old liquor salesman, when the attack happened. Daria Stenyukova’s childhood home was hit by a Russian missile during an airstrike in the central city of Vinnytsia that killed at least 24 people last week The couple married last Friday but postponed the celebrations until the following day because “there was mourning in our town,” the bride said. She told the Daily Mail that she posed for wedding photographer Oleksandr Demianiv “because the whole world needs to know what Russia is doing”. The 31-year-old yoga teacher was preparing for her wedding to husband Vitaly Zavalniuk, a 30-year-old liquor salesman, when the attack happened. In an Instagram post, Miss Steniukova said she had been robbed of her childhood memories. He added: “We wanted to show that you can live during war.” It comes as Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran yesterday to meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of plans to forge closer ties with countries including Iran, China and India.
