Ukraine Protests: Policeman Falls in Love with a Demonstrator

Love can happen anywhere anytime, even right in the middle of protests! Yes, reporter Lidia Pankiv and a police officer fell in love amid demonstrations in Ukraine.

According to the 24-year-old Ukrainian reporter, she was among the protesters demonstrating against corruption. She was on phone with her friend and had to shout her phone number out during the commotion.

"We were up close to the police officers and I got a call from a friend, the officers were only just in front of us and she was asking me to help find a friend of hers that had been arrested. She wanted to write something. I told her to call me, and I gave her the number she should call. I told her it twice as it was loud and there was shouting," Lidia said, reports the Daily Mail.

Instead of the call she got a message, not from her friend though. "Despite all the commotion I remembered your phone number when you gave it to your friend. I don't even know your name. I was standing in the night with a shield in front of you. When you stopped us from advancing, I realised that I want to marry you. Andrei," the message from the police officer read.

Lidia says the message surprised her and she agreed to see him. Though she does not know the reason why she agreed to meet him, she said. "I was really surprised about the message and don't know why I agreed to meet him. I certainly didn't expect to find myself falling in love with him. But when I started to speak to him - that is what happened."

The police officer does not wish to reveal his name due to fear of losing his job.

The couple's first meeting was in front of the barricades on Maidan square, the protest site. The story about their love was reported in December. However, it did not receive much coverage due to the restrictions imposed by the government.

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