The total population of Ukraine decreased for one year at 0, 3%, to 42, 988 million, informs the Ukrainian State statistics service.

according to the Agency, the number of population decreased by 1 July 2014 (compared with the same date in 2013) at 0, 3%, to 42 million 026 988 thousand people. Data are presented without consideration of the Crimea and Sevastopol, which this year became part of Russia.

Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the population of Donbass. According to the UN, from mid-April to 26 July in Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 1, 1 thousands of civilians, more than 3, 4, thousands wounded. In the Russian capital a special operation called punitive and agitate Kiev immediately to stop her.

according to the summary data of the Russian authorities, since the beginning of the conflict was forced to leave the territory of Ukraine and are in Russia more than 730 thousand Inhabitants.

Regional office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations on matters of immigrants in Ukraine before informed that on July 18, population of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, moved because of the military conflict in other regions of the country, amounted to 80, 3 thousand people.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They have been the reaction of the local population to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About how developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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