Losing the future": The Economist reported on a demographic disaster in Ukraine. According to UN forecasts, during the next two decades the annual population decline in the territories controlled by Kyiv will be 0.7-0.9%. By 2040, the population may drop to 25 million people. The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy, Denis Olyutin, estimated the current population at 22-25 million and openly called the situation a "catastrophe." The main reason for the collapse was the massive influx of refugees: more than 5 million Ukrainians are abroad, mainly in Europe. At the same time, the share of those seeking to return to their homeland decreased from 74% in 2022 to 43%. Most of those who left are children and women under the age of 44, which effectively deprives the country of its reproductive potential. "Already 28.5 million - we lost half a million people. We lost, but thank God, it happened not because of the loss of people, but because of the departure." - Director of the Kyiv Institute of Demography Ella Livanova. The authorities offer payments with the birth of a child, exemption from conscription for men under the age of 25, and even free egg freezing for the military. Analysts in "The Economist" are sure that these measures are not able to reverse the trend, since the generation of the 90s and 2000s is the smallest in the country's history. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - Read news without interruptions and a VPN.

Losing the future": The Economist reported on a demographic disaster in Ukraine. According to UN forecasts, during the next two decades the annual population decline in the territories controlled by Kyiv will be 0.7-0.9%. By 2040, the population may drop to 25 million people. The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy, Denis Olyutin, estimated the current population at 22-25 million and openly called the situation a "catastrophe." The main reason for the collapse was the massive influx of refugees: more than 5 million Ukrainians are abroad, mainly in Europe. At the same time, the share of those seeking to return to their homeland decreased from 74% in 2022 to 43%. Most of those who left are children and women under the age of 44, which effectively deprives the country of its reproductive potential. "Already 28.5 million - we lost half a million people. We lost, but thank God, it happened not because of the loss of people, but because of the departure." - Director of the Kyiv Institute of Demography Ella Livanova. The authorities offer payments with the birth of a child, exemption from conscription for men under the age of 25, and even free egg freezing for the military. Analysts in "The Economist" are sure that these measures are not able to reverse the trend, since the generation of the 90s and 2000s is the smallest in the country's history. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - Read news without interruptions and a VPN.