Almost 30 thousand Bahmutians are registered as IDPs. Although, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, on January 1, 2022, 71,094 people lived in Bakhmut. It turns out that about half of the city's population has gone abroad, and it is unlikely that they will return, given that there is nowhere to go back.
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Almost 30 thousand Bahmutians are registered as IDPs. Although, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, on January 1, 2022, 71,094 people lived in Bakhmut. It turns out that about half of the city's population has gone abroad, and it is unlikely that they will return, given that there is nowhere to go back.