UN: Ukraine’s population drops by 10 million since Russia’s all-out war began
It's a roughly 25% population decline since February 2022, driven by 6.7 million refugees abroad, record-low fertility rates, and war casualties.
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Ukraine’s demographic crisis strains military as young men dwindle
The exodus of 800,000 Ukrainian women of childbearing age to European Union nations since the war began has further compounded the problem.
Government-controlled part of Ukraine lost 2.4 million citizens due to migration during the war
Border crossing data shows Ukraine lost only 2.4 million citizens during the war due to migration, not counting…
Ukraine’s population to “catastrophically” shrink to 35 million by 2030, demographers predict
Its director Ella Libanova said during a presentation about Ukraine’s post-war revival in Ukrinform that this is the…
Russia continues to replace Ukrainians with imported Russians in occupied territories – ISW
Activity in Russian-occupied Areas (Russian objective: consolidate administrative control of occupied and annexed areas; forcibly integrate Ukrainian civilians into…
Russian company relocated to Siberia 2,000 Ukrainian miners with their families
The Russian company, which is owned, in particular, by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s friend Gennady Tymchenko, doesn’t hide…
Russia on course to suffer 400,000 more deaths than births in 2020, new Rosstat figures show
The number of deaths rose to 783,800, 0.3% more than in the same period in 2019, while the…
Is handing out passports in the Donbas Putin’s solution to Russia’s demographic collapse?
Vladimir Putin’s decision to offer Russian citizenship to those living in Russian-occupied portions of Ukraine and possibly others…
Deaths will exceed births in Crimea every year through 2035, Russian occupiers say
The Crimean Statistical Agency (CSA), a branch of the Russian occupation authorities, says that deaths will exceed births…
Sociological portrait of Ukraine after 27 years of independence extremely complex, Nikitina says
Since 1992, the Institute of Sociology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences has conducted an enormous number of…
Ukrainian nation disappearing in Russia, Kyiv ethnographer says
The once large Ukrainian nation within the borders of what is now the Russian Federation is rapidly disappearing,…
Three ways Kremlin contributing to Russia’s demographic crisis
Most analysts in Russia and the West argue that changes in the size of the prime child-bearing cohort…
Russia caught between economic decline and potentially explosive demographic change
Russia’s economic development ministry says that the country’s GDP growth will be approximately half of one percent lower…
Making Ukraine mono-ethnic – Putin’s greatest achievement and most fateful failure
Ninety-two percent of Ukrainian citizens now consider themselves ethnic Ukrainians, an unprecedented figure that is the product of…
Russian invasion driving up mortality rates across Ukraine, Kyiv experts say
The Russian Anschluss of Crimea and invasion of Donbas have put strains on Ukraine that have led to…
A checklist of 10 Russian developments worth watching
The situation in and around Russia is now changing with such dizzying rapidity that it is all but…
Expert: Looming ethnic conflicts in Russia will be ‘more devastating’ than in Europe
The looming decline in the number of Russian births, the increase in emigration, and the rise in the…