Mexico City: An Ukrainian and a Russian, who were seeking asylum to the US, got married in a small ceremony in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, media reports said on Friday.
Ukrainian Daria Sakhniuk and Russian Semen Bobrovski married at the Mexican Civil Registry office on Wednesday, BBC reported. Citing a release from the Tijuana city council BBC reported that they had arrived in Mexico two weeks ago.
Bobrovski was unable to seek asylum in the US, due to immigration measures that are only available to Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war. The couple told a TV network Telemundo that they had been living in Ukraine before the ongoing conflict started and planning to get married in Kyiv.
“I’m very happy that I met some very nice people who could help us come together in this matrimony here in Mexico, in Tijuana,” Sakhniuk told the network.
The couple also celebrated the 27th birthday of Sakhniuk after the marriage ceremony with a traditional Mexican ‘taquiza’ party and a mariachi band, according to reports.
