Consequences of war. Russia expects 25% population decline - Defense Intelligence

According to closed demographic reports circulating in the document circulation in the aggressor country of russia, the population may decline by at least 25% in the next 50 years. This is stated in the message of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The intelligence officers note that enterprises in the russian federation are already experiencing a shortage of labor, and vocational education institutions lack students.

According to the Defense Intelligence, the most depressing demographic trends are recorded in the Far Eastern regions of the aggressor state, from where Moscow has dug out most of the men and sent them for disposal in the criminal war against Ukraine.

"The war started by russia is one of the determining reasons for negative demographic phenomena and corresponding forecasts within the aggressor state. During the hostilities, the so-called russian federation lost over a million soldiers of its occupation army killed and wounded: the majority are men aged 20 to 35, who form the basis of the demographic pyramid," the intelligence service emphasized.

The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense also added: in order to slow down the crisis in demography and the economy, russian officials are proposing to more actively involve labor migrants, who are also actively recruited to participate in the criminal war.

"This approach by the Kremlin once again indicates the unwillingness of the putin dictatorship to stop hostilities, but on the contrary - to continue the war against Ukraine, using the enslaved peoples of the so-called russian federation to the last, as well as the male population in the occupied Ukrainian territories," the intelligence service summarized.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in eight and a half months of 2025, the Defense Forces liquidated more than 305,000 russian servicemen.