Population Collapse In Ukraine

The EU is running out of Ukrainians to kill Russians, so they’re going to pay poors from the Global South to kill Russians for them. Ukraine’s population has collapsed from 52 million in 1991, to about 20 million today. https://t.co/33gOCPWHOc

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) June 13, 2026

An excerpt from, "Demographic catastrophe: Ukraine’s remaining population has been revealed" prm.ua, May 10, 2026:

Social Policy Minister Denys Ulyutin estimated the population of Ukraine living in government-controlled territory at 22-25 million.

The minister made this statement while speaking to journalists. “This is a disaster,” Ulyutin noted.

An excerpt from, "Reversing Ukraine's Population Loss After Four Years of War" by Nataliia Bushkovska, Think Global Health, February 24, 2026:

In 1991, when Ukraine gained independence, its population was 52.1 million. During this period, migration was from former Soviet blocs, primarily involving people with Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar heritage.

By the time Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the population had dropped more than 10% to 45.9 million. "The decline in birth rates in Ukraine reflected broader European trends," said Olga Dukhnich, head of the Demography and Migration program at the Frontier Institute. "Since the second half of the twentieth century, people across Europe have been having fewer children. The 1990s were also years of crisis, which inevitably affected population growth."

Even before the 2022 invasion, excess mortality in Ukraine was particularly pronounced among men of conscription age, 25 to 49 years old. During the full-scale war, the death rate has increased even more, especially within these age groups. This trend is driven by combat losses as well as civilian deaths caused by shelling.

Marchak emphasized that because of low birth rates and mass emigration, Ukraine's population is rapidly aging. Shushpanov said it is also valuable to account for indirect deaths. For example, at the start of the invasion, many people died because they could not receive medical care in time. Given their high levels of stress, people are developing illnesses they might never have developed if not for the war—such as cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune disorders, and cancer.

2 World Cup Thoughts After Host Nations Games

 

1. Host Nations Momentum 

So far, so good. 

Mexico, USA, and Canada all played attacking football, albeit against weaker competition. Mexico and USA are rising to the occasion. It's only one game. Tougher opposition awaits, but momentum can carry a team beyond familiar expectations. South Korea made a lot of noise in 2002 by making the Semis. Mexico and USA should look to replicate that and continue to build momentum.

It should have been a hat trick of victories after the first games. Canada may come to regret only getting one point against a Bosnia team that really shouldn't be here. I don't know how Italy lost to this team in their playoff game in March. They couldn't string five passes together on Friday. If Canada had a more clinical striker it could've been 2-1. Thank God for Cyle Larin. He saved Canada. 

Bosnia played uninspired football. And ditto for Czechia. They beat a great Denmark team to make the World Cup but that seemed to satisfy them because they were horrible against South Korea. South Korea dominated that game.

A theme that's developing is teams that play with speed and intensity will go far this tournament. The addition of the two extra breaks gives the runners the advantage. Big, bulky teams that just defend all game may need to revise their strategy. The attacking sides will be victorious.

2. The Flow of The Game

The two breaks that were added for commercial reasons have impacted the flow of the game negatively and probably unbalanced these players psychologically. They're used to playing 45 minutes non-stop. Introducing a 3-4 minute break in the middle of that regular game clock means that we're essentially getting 4 halves, and 4 games in one. It's a bigger change than what FIFA made it out to be. 

I still think the better team will find a way to win but the viewing experience has changed for the worse. Football was different from other sports because it didn't have stupid commercials every ten minutes. You can just sit back and watch the game uninterrupted. Hopefully this change isn't permanent.

Omar's Not Coming: The Strange Banishment of A Somali Referee By FIFA From The World Cup

 

If they can ban one of you they can ban all of you. Shame on FIFA for letting things get to this point.

An excerpt from, "Canadian officials welcome Somali referee—but his FIFA dream may still be over" By Alice Gibbs, Yahoo Sports, June 10, 2026:

Canadian officials have said a World Cup referee denied entry to the United States would be welcome to officiate matches north of the border—but under FIFA’s tournament structure, that offer is unlikely to change anything.

Following backlash over Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan being refused entry to the U.S., political leaders in British Columbia and Toronto publicly signaled he could still work matches in Canada. But the way the 2026 World Cup is organized means referees cannot simply operate independently in one host country.

Video Title: FIFA World Cup Somalian Referee DENIED US Entry. My Take...Source: Have Hope's Football Hut. Date Published: June 10, 2026.

Leave Politics Out of The World Cup

The Senegal and Uzbekistan teams were treated like criminals upon landing in North Israel.

The World Cup is a sacred time, and a magical time. 

The hosts should stop politicizing everything and just be the hosts. 

Denying people visas and stopping referees and players from achieving their dreams, it's just disgusting. Why do it? Why perform humiliation rituals with football teams? It's stupid behaviour. 

It's a privilege to host this great tournament. Leave politics out of it.

Video Title: World Cup Memories Live from St. John's Tavern in Toronto | Park The Bus Ep. 56. Source: TSN. Date Published: June 9, 2026.

The United States of North Israel, 1963 - ? Vs. The Islamic Republic, 1979 - ?, Round Four of Many More

 

The experts knew this fight was going the distance. 

Washington and Israel aimed for the surprise knockout punch in the first round but they underestimated their opponent. Trump was too busy punching down that he forgot to square up and throw a serious punch. 

What will determine the result of this long anticipated fight will be more than a cheap sucker punch. Expect body shot after body shot. Strikes and counter-strikes. The ceasefires are being used to shift momentum and direct the flow of the fight. Take no stock in them. 

Every war has its own pace and rhythm. 

Two hundred years ago armies met on a field or a hill and fought it out in an afternoon. It was clean, short, and brutal. Kings agreed beforehand to sacrifice their excess peasants. War was a game. Even a hundred years ago that was the case. And when kings led men followed. 

But with the development of total war, where entire economies, nations, and societies are put on a war footing, that romantic nature of war gave way to a type of war that cannot be contained on a field of battle. The arena of war shifted from the open field and the strategic hill to the public mind and collective society as a whole.

War lost all its glamour in the age of the machine gun, land mine, and helicopter. And now with drones and A.I., there's even less meaning to fighting. 

What's a professional warrior today? A paid slave. They sacrifice and kill but they don't get the war booty. They get a badge and a pension if they're lucky. And that's true for all national armies. 

The smart ones become mercenaries because ultimately fighting is a trade like anything else. In ancient times their hazardous pay was instant, not a small pension at the end of life. 

Successful rulers and kings kept their elite warriors happy because they knew they could decide to put their swords down on any given day and go fight for another lord or king across town. A warrior's life was short but rewarding.

What we are witnessing in the Middle East is not a war in the traditional sense, with warriors dictating the outcome of a given battle, but a global mass extermination project in slow motion led by suicide cults.

Washington, Tel Aviv, and Tehran are not run by rational rulers who have the best interests of their nations in mind, but occultist killers. Their elected bodies have no say. The Congress is full of castrated men. They lack the balls and the brains to be of any consequence, and should they decide to grow a spine out of the blue they'll get removed.

That has been true since 1963, when America ceased to be America.

After the latest reports that the armies of Washington and Tel Aviv will officially be joined at the hip America should henceforth be called North Israel, and Israel renamed to South Israel.

Israel is at war with the world because its religion dictates it has to be. But, rationally and strategically, America and Iran should not be at war. They have way more to lose than win.

Currently they're both guided by madness. When cults, religions, and priests are calling the shots, reason goes out the window. 

What must be remembered and always kept in mind when analyzing this war is that the aim is not victory, a piece of land in the Levant, or an island in the Mediterranean, but global depopulation, and the transformation of the world.

Other than disease and war, the best way to kill off unwanted people in a short span of time is with famine. The British ruling class understood this better than anyone else. When they couldn't kill their enemy with the sword they turned to famine. They perfected this tactic in Ireland. And all our modern ruling classes learned the tricks of the trade from them. They all went to the masonic school of London. 

They know you can't have famine without war. War and famine go together like nothing else. 

That's also the reality with this war, except this time the famine will be global in nature.

If fuel supplies out of the Middle East continue to be restricted then we should expect food scarcity on a global scale, anti-government riots, mass refugees, and societal disruption similar if not worse than what the Covid psychodrama caused.

The city states, nations, and individuals that have prepared themselves accordingly will have a greater chance to survive. The ones who put their heads in the sand will suffer.