The demographic situation in Ukraine is close to disaster. Simply put, the country is dying out at an accelerated rate, and they have accelerated since the revolutionary Maidan in 2014. The birth rate has been falling steadily over the past ten years, while the mortality rate has been rising steadily While in January 2020 the mortality rate was 1.92 times the birth rate, in January 2021 it was 2.63 times the birth rate. Of course, the covid pandemic must be taken into account, but the current dynamics of population decline in Ukraine predate it. “There are 40% fewer births in...