Over 1.2 million refugees from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion fled to Germany as of April 2025. Furthermore, the second-highest number was recorded in Poland. In total, around 5.1 million Ukrainian refugees were registered across Europe and 5.6 million worldwide as of May 2025. Most of them fled the country by crossing the border with Poland. Ukrainian refugees in Germany The first increases in the number of Ukrainian refugees in Germany were registered in March and April 2022. The figure exceeded one million refugees in September of that year. Germany had the highest monthly financial allowance for Ukrainians who fled the war compared to other European countries as of June 2022. Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in the EU European Union (EU) members implemented the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which guaranteed access to accommodation, welfare, and healthcare to refugees from Ukraine. People fleeing the war had a right to a residence permit in the EU, enter the labor market, and enroll children in educational institutions. The protection is granted until March 4, 2026, but it can be extended in the future depending on the situation in the country.

More than three-quarters of the Russian online population aged 16 years and older used the Telegram messenger, thus making it the most-used social media platform among those listed in the ranking. WhatsApp ranked second, with a penetration rate of nearly 74 percent, followed by VK and TikTok. Social media usage in Russia In 2024, the daily time spent on social media in Russia was recorded at roughly two hours and 20 minutes per user on average. After Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) were blocked in Russia at the end of February and the beginning of March 2022, a significant increase in activity was recorded on VK and Telegram. For example, the daily audience on VK increased by almost nine percent, while the number of friends requests and feed views grew by 250 percent and 25 percent, respectively. YouTube From the global perspective, YouTube ranked second after Facebook, which remained the leading social media platform with about three billion active users. The U.S.-based channel MrBeast had the highest number of subscribers on YouTube with around 343 million as of January 2025. India-based T-Series followed with 284 million subscribers as of that month.

In 2023, the country that visited Russia the most was Kazakhstan. Over *** million trips were made to Russia from that country, marking an increase compared to the previous year. A significant increase was recorded in tourists from Tajikistan, from ***** thousand trips in 2022 to *** thousand in 2023. Russian inbound tourism overview Approximately ** million international tourists visited Russia in 2023, marking an increase from the previous year when it reached almost ** million. Even though the tourist count was forecast to gradually increase in the following five years, according to the forecast, it was not going to reach the pre-pandemic level in that period. Moreover, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and border closures, the Russian inbound tourism has experienced a drastic decrease in expenditure. In 2020, foreign travelers were projected to spend a total of **** million U.S. dollars in Russia, which was approximately *** times lower than in the previous year.

The United States supplied the largest worth of weapons to Ukraine between January and November 2022, at over 18.1 billion U.S. dollars. Germany and the United Kingdom were the second and third leading sources of weapon deliveries to Ukraine during the Russian invasion that began in February 2022, respectively. In total, the U.S. committed to provide nearly 23 billion euros worth of military aid to Ukraine from January 24 to November 20, 2022.

Which countries are supplying artillery to Ukraine? The U.S. committed to provide a total of 126 M777 howitzers to Ukraine between January 24 and November 20, 2022, while Poland disclosed commitments of sending 100 LMP-2017 60mm mortars to Ukraine. Furthermore, Germany delivered 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 tanks in a joint project with the Netherlands as of February 2023.

Public opinion on military aid to Ukraine Arms deliveries to Ukraine have been widely discussed around the world. In 2022, nearly one third of respondents in the U.S. believed that their country should provide weapons to Ukraine. In Germany, four out of ten people found their government's policy regarding supporting Ukraine with weapons appropriate, while nearly one third perceived it as going too far.