A young woman shared on social media that her wedding dress was burned during an attack on Kyiv; dozens of women are now ready to give her theirs
Kyiv • UNN
Darya Sliesarenko lost her wedding dress due to a Russian attack on the Kyiv shopping center 'Kvadrat'. On social media, dozens of Ukrainian women have offered the girl their own gowns.
Ukrainian Darya Slesarenko complained in a post on the Threads social network that her wedding dress was burned in the "Kvadrat" shopping mall, which was damaged as a result of the Russian Armed Forces' attack on Kyiv on May 24. Dozens of Ukrainian women decided to help the girl and offered her their own, UNN reports, citing the girl's social media page.
"I just realized that my wedding outfit, which I had handed in for alterations, just burned down in the Kvadrat shopping mall. The wedding is in 20 days," Slesarenko wrote.
The girl received many responses after sharing her distress:
"After the night missile attacks, I want these to be the only kinds of losses in the feed. So that people stay alive. You will buy a new dress, and you will have a beautiful wedding."
"Consider this a ransom for a long and happy life."
"Let it be taken by the outfit rather than by health—let it be so."
But the author of the post received the most comments from girls offering her their own wedding dresses. Women wrote from different parts of Ukraine and even from abroad:
"I never thought the day would come when I would voluntarily agree to part with my dress. It has arrived!"
"It will fly in from Canada in 20 days if needed."
"This is very unfortunate. I can offer you my wedding dress."
"I can give you mine too. It's not a classic, of course, but it's handmade. Size M-L. I'll also give you the veil and peignoir. The main thing is that you are alive."
"I got married in a suit like this."
"I can share it for free."
In addition, Darya's story prompted other Ukrainian women to share similar experiences. For instance, one woman wrote about her sandals that were left in a workshop in Mariupol. Due to the full-scale invasion, the woman was never able to pick up the shoes. Later, the occupiers destroyed even the building where the workshop was located.
As a reminder
Kyiv suffered from a massive Shahed and missile attack on the night of May 24. Lukyanivka, where the Kvadrat shopping mall mentioned by the girl is located, also suffered large-scale destruction. Even the President of Ukraine visited the destruction in this district of the capital.