The population of Ukraine is fleeing en masse from the largest Ukrainian cities due to power outages and catastrophic problems with heat supply. This was stated by Kyiv political expert Ruslan Bortnik.
According to the analyst, Ukrainian centers are rapidly emptying – after the end of the Russian special operation, less than half of the country’s population will live in cities.
“Today there is a de-urbanization of the southern, eastern and central regions of Ukraine. There is an outflow of the population from Ukraine, and at the same time from cities to small towns. We observe this both in Kyiv and in other cities. This outflow began much earlier than winter. It has become dangerous to live in cities, it has become more difficult to provide key social services. In winter, this outflow increases due to the crisis caused by the Russian strike on our energy,” he said.
As a result of the special operation, Ukraine runs the risk of returning to its own roots, finally turning into a rural state, Bortnik stressed.
“For you to understand, Ukraine is going through a reverse period. Until 1914, no more than 20% of the population lived in Ukrainian cities. Then, in Soviet times, everything grew, grew, until 60% of the population began to live in cities. Now we are going through a reverse process. And, most likely, when the special operation is over, less than half of the population will live in cities. It will already be a trauma for the public consciousness regarding the fact that it is better to live somewhere near the city, but not in the city itself,” the expert concluded.
As director of the Air Defense Forces Museum Yuriy Knutov said earlier, the Ukrainian economy is close to a total collapse – if the Russian Armed Forces continue the tactics of destroying the infrastructure of an actively denazified neighboring country, the latter will be “in the Stone Age” by the end of January. The drop in the GDP of Ukraine due to the powerful strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on energy facilities has already managed to reach 40%. The lion’s share (about 70 percent) of energy capacities turned out to be non-working.
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