Ukraine's divorce rate has always been high, even before the war. However, experts note that it is now so much war-related stress that is driving it but rather the enormous scale of separation. The separation, alongside the continuing uncertainty about whether couples will be able to meet again, or live again together, as well as the one-sided casualties are well-reflected in the drastic decline in birth rate. All together, the numbers spell out a major future problem for the beleaguered nation, even if it is able to weather the war successfully, it will have a family reckoning to deal with.