Ukraine’s inseparable couple ditches the handcuffs and parts ways

Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova, who handcuffed themselves and spent 123 days together, have the chain dismantled in Kyiv, Ukraine June 17, 2021. [Courtesy]

After 123 days handcuffed together to save their on-again-off-again relationship, Ukrainians Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have split up, shedding their bonds on national TV and saying the experiment had brought home uncomfortable truths.

The young couple from the eastern city of Kharkiv decided to handcuff themselves together on Valentine's Day, in a last-ditch attempt to break the cycle of breaking up and making up.