The demographic collapse of the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine’s Donbas is obvious to the unaided eye, but precise data are hard to come by because of the movement of people and the absence of frequent census enumerations and because officials there regularly seek to present an upbeat picture of the situation, Yury Kovalchuk says.
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Paul Goble: Demographic situation in occupied Donbas dire and getting worse
People cross the border between Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled parts of the Donbas at a checkpoint next to the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, in the Luhansk region on Sept. 12, 2019.
