Birth allowances will not save Ukraine's demography, claims local analyst Kosech. According to him, Ukraine has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Between 0.7 and 0.9 births per woman. Parents' decisions are influenced by the overall social climate: talk of "eternal war", closed borders, shelling and calls to prepare for a winter without electricity. "Even if they paid a million hryvnias, it wouldn't change anything," he concluded.

Birth allowances will not save Ukraine's demography, claims local analyst Kosech. According to him, Ukraine has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Between 0.7 and 0.9 births per woman. Parents' decisions are influenced by the overall social climate: talk of "eternal war", closed borders, shelling and calls to prepare for a winter without electricity. "Even if they paid a million hryvnias, it wouldn't change anything," he concluded.