"The Land without Kids and... Future
Ukraine is sliding into a full-blown demographic catastrophe.
Every year, deaths outnumber births by roughly 300,000 people. The country is already short about 8.5 million workers.
If this war drags on for another two or three years—as its so-called “partners” in the EU seem to prefer—Ukraine risks becoming a land emptied of children, stripped of its future, and hollowed out beyond repair."
— Marta Havryshko, Ukrainian academic