Everyone is noticing that “victorious” Ukraine is running out of people. And increasingly, they have no way to replace them.

According to the paper, Ukraine’s population is shrinking not only due to hostilities that have left tens of thousands dead but also because of a “baby bust,” a trend that started long before February 2022 when the conflict between Moscow and Kiev erupted.

The WSJ noted that the number of births in the first half of 2023 was 28% lower than during the same period before the conflict. “Ukrainian demographers are now forecasting [that the fertility rate] will become the lowest in the world,” the report says.

Ukraine’s fertility rate was already the lowest in Europe before 2022, with just 1.2 children born per woman. It needs to be around 2.1 for the country to maintain its population size.

The current demographic crisis has been exacerbated by the mass exodus of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, to neighboring countries, with nearly 10 million people fleeing to the EU alone, according to EU Commissioner Thierry Breton.

One has to think that if this wasn’t part of a plan, then it is at least a welcomed development. The Clowns are ever happy to rid Europe of more Europeans. Read the whole thing, in line with my previous assessments. Note the failing birthrates BEFORE the SMO started. This is a new Ukrainian genocide. Note the concern of the Clowns for muh precious GDP! That’s about all they care about. And they’ve lost that too.