Europe
War Is Compressing Ukraine's Future
How a prolonged war is foreclosing Ukraine's long-term options — demographic, economic and strategic.
The main illusion after the war will be thinking that Ukraine can simply return to its pre-war state.
It cannot.
The country will be smaller in population, older in median age, and more uneven in its internal geography. This is not defeat. But it is a new reality that cannot be papered over with slogans about reconstruction.
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