Russian-Ukrainian couple take stock in Budapest after fleeing Kyiv

Russian software engineer Mikhail Liublin, 31, and his Ukrainian lawyer girlfriend, Valeriia Nikolaieva, 25, who fled Ukraine drink in a bar, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Budapest, Hungary March 11, 2022. Picture taken March 11, 2022 REUTERS/Marton Monus

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Fleeing from Kyiv was an unusual way to get to know each other better for Russian Mikhail Liublin and his Ukrainian girlfriend who started dating only weeks before war broke out in Ukraine.

They travelled for five days to get to Hungary, hearing bombs go off around them and wondering if they would make it before arriving at the border on March 1.