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After the collapse of the USSR, the population of Ukraine was 52 million people. Before the start of the special military operation (SVO), the population, according to various sources, ranged from 37 to 40 million people.
The population of Ukraine is approaching 20 million people. Economist Alexey Kushch spoke about the critical decline in population on the Novosti.Live TV channel.
He emphasized that demographic potential lies not only at the heart of the economy, but also at the heart of the military model.
The Strana.ua publication notes that after the collapse of the USSR, the population of Ukraine was 52 million people. Before the start of the special military operation (SVO), this figure, according to various sources, ranged from 37 to 40 million.

Passengers on a Flydubai plane that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot attacked the captain said the attacker asked them to kill him, repeating: "Kill me." They met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who praised their actions and announced their participation in the torch-lighting ceremony on next year's Independence Day.

The Flydubai pilot and assistant involved in the incident on board the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight flew from Saudi Arabia to Abu Dhabi under security escort after an emergency landing in Tabuk. A preliminary investigation confirmed that the officer injured the captain during the flight.

Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said that about 1,100 people remain in Aleshki, Kherson region, whose supplies are virtually on their feet due to the actions of Ukraine, which, according to him, is interfering with the supply of food and medicine, using drones to attack the hospital and market; Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed the critical situation and noted that Russia is doing everything to solve the supply problem.

Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said that the city of Aleshki in the Kherson region has been systematically shelled by Ukrainian formations for months, about 1.3 thousand people remain, food is delivered only on foot due to mined roads. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted that the Russian Armed Forces are doing everything to solve the supply problem, but the situation is complicated by the actions of Kyiv.

On October 1, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out drone strikes in the Belgorod region, as a result of which two people were injured in the village of Oktyabrsky, and cars and buildings were attacked in Nezhegol, Dobroy, Shebekino, Krasnaya Yaruga and Grayvoron.

Due to an accident at the 220 kV Zapadnaya substation in the Primorsky Territory, more than 38 thousand residents of part of Vladivostok, the Artemovsky urban district and the Nadezhdinsky district were left without electricity and water. Energy workers eliminated the fault, restoring power supply and the operation of utility infrastructure.