Ukraine faces the threat of demographic collapse due to war, population losses, and declining birth rates. It is estimated that by 2051, the population will shrink to 25 million, whereas before the full-scale invasion, it was 42 million.
On the night of November 14, renowned human rights activist Pavlo Lysianskyi died in a car accident. He was a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and the director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security.
The Cabinet of Ministers has formed a Competition Commission to elect a new head of ARMA, which includes Ukrainian and international experts. The commission will approve the regulations, evaluation methodology, and the procedure for conducting the competition according to updated rules.
Over 30 years, Ukraine's population has decreased by 20%, from 52. 2 million in 1993 to 42 million in 2022. As of early 2025, approximately 31.5 million people reside in the controlled territory, indicating a demographic loss of 10 million due to the war.
In Ternopil region, 19 people received suspicions of embezzling over UAH 48 million of budget funds. Among the suspects are officials of various levels, including the director of a branch of the National Academy of Sciences and officials of the forestry enterprise.
Eight unique books from 1830–1906, taken out during World War II, have returned to Kyiv from Germany. They have been transferred to state library collections for scholars and the public.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine presented the Draft Action Program for 2026, which includes 12 strategic goals. Among the key priorities are defense, European integration, and anti-corruption.
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Oleksandr Alfyorov as the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. He is a historian, TV and radio host, and military figure.
Volodymyr Gorbulin believes that Ukraine has the moral right to review the Budapest Memorandum and create nuclear weapons with European partners due to Russian aggression. He proposes to join efforts with Western European countries.
In June, roses bloomed en masse in the Hryshko Botanical Garden. The rose garden is the largest in Ukraine, featuring 150 varieties of roses.
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated over 8. 8 million hryvnias to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine to continue research in 2025. This concerns research in the fields of energy, nanotechnology, defense security, and others.
Ukrainian scientists have moved the breeding stock of Charolais cattle from the front-line Kharkiv region to Lviv region. This made it possible to preserve the valuable gene pool and continue breeding work.
Ukraine leads in the export of frozen raspberries and has increased the supply of blueberries. Scientists have created over 170 varieties of berries to protect the harvest.
The transfer of state lands to the State Property Fund did not bring the expected profits, but led to debts and the threat of liquidation. Experts call for reforming asset management.
The Institute of Agriculture of the North-East of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences creates unique varieties of buckwheat, hemp and other crops. Their developments occupy a significant part of the sown areas of Ukraine.
Science that feeds Ukraine: how the development of Ukrainian animal husbandry ensures the food security of the state?.
After being evicted from the building, archaeologists left a large number of human skeletons collected during excavations in Kyiv. According to representatives of the Institute of Archeology, they should be reburied.
Ukraine has preserved unique collections of medicinal plants and fruit crops from Crimea after the 2014 occupation.
Scientists are working on plant varieties that withstand climate challenges and yield crops. Preserving the "Melitopol collection" is a valuable genetic treasure.
Human remains found in a garbage dump turned out to be archaeological artifacts. They were collected by archaeologists during the 19th–20th centuries in the territory of Podil and stored in the institute.
The seizure of land from scientific enterprises leads to the loss of access to domestic seeds. Farmers are forced to use foreign varieties that are less adapted to the conditions of Ukraine.
The Academy of Legal Sciences covered up the lobbying of interests of the pharmaceutical company "Darnitsa", presenting it as scientific research. The event, which was supposed to improve the availability of medicines, was reduced to criticism of pharmacies.
The seizure of land from the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences may destroy the scientific system, deprive farmers of support and threaten food security. Ukraine risks losing control over the seed fund.
The Agrarian Committee of the Rada called on the Cabinet of Ministers not to withdraw state lands of NAAS in favor of the State Property Fund. MPs are convinced that this threatens the loss of domestic selection, scientific schools, jobs, and food security.
The SPFU is trying to seize 135 thousand hectares of land from the NAAS. This could lead to the loss of livestock and the destruction of the system of breeding livestock.
The State Property Fund is initiating the transfer of NAAS lands to the state enterprise "Reserve", which threatens scientific research. This may lead to the loss of Ukraine's agricultural independence.
Lawyer Ivanna Smachylo headed the State Property Fund after Koval's transition to ministers. Her career is connected with Koval, which raises questions about personnel loyalty and control over state assets.
The Kyiv City Council has denied rumors about the construction of a “Courtyard with Crows” at 9 Reitarska Street. The site was leased for 10 years exclusively for tourist infrastructure and catering facilities.
Environmental prosecutors have launched an investigation into the legality of an investment deal to build on the land of Hryshko Botanical Garden in Kyiv. The inspection was initiated due to public outcry and the threat of losing valuable land with unique plant species.
The head of KCMA, Timur Tkachenko, will appeal to the management of the Hryshko Botanical Garden and the National Academy of Sciences to terminate the investment agreement on the development of the territory. The agreement of 2018 provides for the development of a plot on Sadovo-Botanichna Street.
