The Ukrainian capital of Kiev in 2014. ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA According to Ukraine’s State Statistics Agency (Gossstat), Ukraine’s population consisted of 42,216,766 permanent inhabitants and 42,386,403 total inhabitants as of January 1, 2018. The last census took place in 2001. Which means the most recent fact-based statistics are over 17 years old. That census established that Ukraine’s population consisted of 48,216,766 permanent inhabitants and 48,457,102 total inhabitants. Ukraine’s Gosstat calculates current population numbers on the basis of that 2001 census. It also accounts for the annual documented population changes, or the difference between total birth and deaths, and the difference between the number of people who became Ukrainian citizens and those who emigrated. Unlike Google, Gosstat accounts for the loss of population due to the de-facto loss of Crimea. But it doesn’t consider the de-facto population loss in those parts of Donetsk and

A brief look at the current military situation in Yemen. It appears that recent declarations of the Saudi-UAE-led coalition about a ceasefire regime and a push towards a peaceful solution of the situation, at least in the area of al-Hudaydah were just a propaganda. Clashes between Ansar Allah and forces loyal to the coalition are ongoing across entire western Yemen. Click to see the full-size image

Up to 290,000 people have been displaced as a result of the violence in Afghanistan since the start of 2018, according to a report by United Nations Offier for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affaris. The Kabul governemnt, backed up by the US-led coalition, is not capable of keeping the country under its control. Despite all efforts by the US-led coalition and US-backed forces, the Taliban has been continuing to expand its influence across Afghanistan. Click to see the full-size image