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Ukraine’s government has high hopes to entice more than 6 million Ukrainian refugees abroad to return home; but they still don’t know how to do it.

Even before Russia's full-scale invasion, alarmingly low birth and fertility rates have restricted Ukraine's population growth. The war has drastically exacerbated the situation, and experts have called for action.

Even before Russia's full-scale invasion, there were fewer children being born than required to keep Ukraine's population steady. The war has drastically exacerbated the situation. Experts have called for action.

Ukraine, under any conditions, will face depopulation, a shortage of labor and a decrease in population density, especially in certain territories, said director of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies Ella Libanova.

Ukrainian citizens who have left the country due to Russia’s full-scale invasion are likely to return after the war ends as Ukraine holds a lot of promise, Mykolayiv regional governor Vitaliy Kim told Radio NV in an interview on Aug. 9.

The Ukrainian data analytics website Opendatabot has reported that in the first six months of 2023, the country's birth rate was 28% lower than the same period in 2021, the largest decline since independence in 1991.

KYIV (Reuters) - With war dragging on, some of Ukraines millions of refugees are beginning to think about settling for good in the countries they find themselves in across Europe, posing a challenge to rebuilding the economy when the guns finally fall silent.

With war dragging on, some of Ukraine's millions of refugees are beginning to think about settling for good in the countries they find themselves in across Europe, posing a challenge to rebuilding the economy when the guns finally fall silent.

President Zelenskyy enjoys high popularity for his resolute war leadership but handling peace and reconstruction will pose a challenge once elections or a referendum on a future peace deal are held.

In wartime, with mass displacement, Ukraine’s current population stats difficult to obtain