<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The parents of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Bondi shooting"><span>Bondi shooting</span></a><span>, have tied the knot in Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Valentyna Poltavchenko and Michael Britvan have announced on social media their wedding yesterday in a "semi secret" ceremony at Admiralty House on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The plan was a small, semi-secret ceremony at Admiralty House with a very limited group of family and close friends. Simple, quiet, low-key… the kind of plan that should have stayed nicely under the radar," Britvan posted on Instagaram.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-forecast-update-flash-flooding-sunshine-coast-rain/d085e525-168b-4db1-957a-7985688e40aa" rel="" target="_blank" title=" 'Stay inside': Flash flooding risk facing Queensland"><strong><span>'Stay inside': Flash flooding risk facing Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And to be fair, it worked perfectly… for most of the ceremony — until my sister (who I love very much) discovered the Facebook livestream button."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Britvan's post went on to say "people probably assumed we had already been married for about 10 years anyway… so this was really just us finally making it official".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The announcement was greeted with congratulations.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/parents-of-youngest-bondi-attack-victim-marry/bff9abbc-b87a-4d36-8d58-57ef389cf8d1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Matilda is smiling from above," one Instagram message said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Congratulations to a beautiful family," another said.</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVlT6hqD6hj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Matilda, 10, was among 15 people killed on December 14 when two gunmen, alleged to be father and son Said and Naveed Akram, opened fire on the gathered crowd at the Chanukah by the Sea celebration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her parents emigrated to Australia from Ukraine but met in Sydney, and named her Matilda as she was their first child born down under.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the wake of the Bondi shooting, they declared they did not want their daughter's death to become a political symbol and appealed for community unity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>