Ukrainian Couple Breaks Up After Being Handcuffed Together For 123 Days

Troubled Ukrainian lovers Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have gotten their shackles off and are moving on from one another after being chained together for a stunning 123 days – using the bathroom in front of one another and taking turns showering barely inches apart.

"Hooray," shouted Pustovitova, 29, in late May as giant bolt cutters sliced through the steel chains that had bound her to Kudlay, 33, for three months, according to the Mirror.

"I am finally free," she added.

As a last-ditch effort to preserve their troubled romance, Pustovitova, an eyelash technician from Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, proposed that she and Kudlay, a car salesperson, lock themselves together on Valentine's Day.

At the start of her and Kudlay's love lockdown in February, Pustovitova told Reuters that she had decided to make this a fascinating experience for herself.

For their more than 7,800 Instagram followers, the duo documented their unavoidable experiment.

Pustovitova stated that the event will bring fresh light emotions into her life that she has never experienced before.

The ill-fated trial, however, instead of adding a ray of sunshine to their murky relationship, it rained hellfire on it.

Kudlay stated to their fans in an Instagram video uploaded throughout the experiment that there were two minuses as soon as they found one plus in a situation.

Pustovitova, according to Kudlay, wants to get back into the swing of things. He went on to say that she misses doing what she used to like. The problems of being tied together have "snowballed," he said.

"She doesn't respond well to my suggestions to keep doing what she likes to do alongside me."

Pustovitova and Kudlay not only took care of their hygiene in front of one other, but they also went grocery shopping together, shared cigarette breaks, and even accompanied each other to work.

Clients were uncomfortable with Kudlay standing over them while she groomed their eyelashes, so Pustovitova had to leave her profession as a beautician.

They had four-hour disputes, animosity, and emotional neglect due to their frequent company and lack of personal space.

At the end of the encounter, Pustovitova told Reuters that they were together all day and didn't get any attention from Kudlay because they were always together. "He did not tell me, 'I miss you,' while I would like to hear that."

According to Kudlay, the experiment indicated that he and Pustovitova were not "like-minded people."

“We are not on the same wavelength,” he insisted. “We are totally different.”

On May 19, they finally removed the handcuffs. The handcuffs left them with terrible rub burns and bruises on their wrists.

The endurance of Pustovitova and Kudlay shattered the Ukrainian and international records for the longest period a couple has ever been tied together.

A shackle cutting ceremony was held in front of the country's Unity monument in Kyiv, and was broadcasted on national television. Ukrainian records chief Vitaly Zorin supervised it.

According to the Mirror, Zorin intends to introduce himself to Pustovitova, who is now unmarried.

Pustovitova made it plain that she's comfortable flying solo for the time being after being freed from the limitations and declaring her breakup with Kudlay on social media.

The last snapshot they published on Instagram showed the estranged couple standing apart and staring at the ground.

Pustovitova and Kudlay have split up and are now living in different parts of Ukraine.

According to Reuters, they aim to sell the handcuffs in an online auction and donate a portion of the proceeds to charity.

Pustovitova also issued a warning to lovers worldwide, advising them not to put their love to the test by tying themselves together.

“I think it will be a good lesson for us, for other Ukrainian couples and couples abroad not to repeat what we have done.”