Russian national Dmitrii Trdatiyan and his wife, Ukrainian citizen Liliia Kril pose Sept. 17, 2024 at the Wainwright-area dairy farm that employs them through a Calgary Catholic Immigrant Society program. Photo courtesy of Dmitrii Trdatiyan. Photo courtesy of Dmitrii Trdati

United by love and war, Russian man and Ukrainian wife find happiness on Alberta farm

Due to the war, Russians aren't welcome in many countries and the couple can't move back to Ukraine

by · Calgary Herald

Dmitrii Trdatiyan said he laments how the war in Ukraine has torn families apart in a country of deeply intertwined nationalities.

“We don’t understand this war, very many families of Russian and Ukrainian (background) were friendly, happy and are now divided,” said Trdatiyan, a Russian national of Armenian descent.

“I just don’t why this war had to happen.”