It was always clear to Olena Bilozerska and her husband that they wanted kids. When the conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, she was 34 and they were prepared to try. The couple decided that a baby would have to wait and entered the battle. Bilozerska was 41 when she left the military, and physicians informed her that she had very little chance of getting pregnant. It was too late.
The birth rate in Ukraine is plummeting as the conflict enters its fourth year, with a growing proportion of people delaying having children or battling with fertility. At the same time, millions of individuals who escaped as refugees have now relocated overseas, and losses are increasing on the frontlines. One of the worst demographic crises in history is the outcome. Leading Ukrainian demographer Ella Libanova told CNN, It’s a disaster .A nation cannot live without its citizens. Ukraine had a low population density and a highly unequal distribution even prior to the war.
According to Libanova, Ukraine has lost almost 10 million people since the war began, including those who have died, fled, or are residing in areas that Russia has occupied. Additionally, although the birthrate has been dropping for years, a common tendency in Europe, it has now essentially collapsed.
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