According to Volodymyr Paniotto, the general director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the worst scenario of a war with Russia involves a significant decrease in the population of Ukraine to 25 million people.
This statement was made in the context of an analysis of the demographic and social consequences of the long war.
"Our demographic situation is very bad. At the same time, the number of those killed at the front is incomparable to the number of those who went abroad and do not plan to return," he said.
According to him, the number of those killed at the front is incomparable to the number of those who went abroad and do not plan to return. In addition, Paniotto noted that 100,000-150,000 people leave Ukraine irrevocably every month.
As the sociologist noted, in the worst-case scenario, 25 million Ukrainians may remain in Ukraine after the end of hostilities, but "the exact date of the end of the war cannot be predicted, so the figure may increase significantly." Paniotto also added that after the hostilities and the predicted new wave of emigration, Ukraine will attract labor from third world countries.
