Among the sanctions that Western countries imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the ones whose impact was felt the most by the population were the inability to use Visa and MasterCard cards abroad and the ban on high-tech equipment and electronics exports into Russia, according to a survey conducted in March 2022. Furthermore, 15 percent of respondents believed the withdrawal of international companies from the country's market would have the most significant impact on them and their families.

Among the respondents in Russia, the lowest level of public support toward the actions of Russian military forces in Ukraine was recorded among the population aged 18 to 24 years, at around 66 percent in April 2025. In the age group of 55 years and above, that share stood at over 80 percent. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Overall, eight out of ten Russians supported the military actions.

In all age groups until 29 years old, there were more men than women in Russia as of January 1, 2024. After that age, the female population outnumbered the male population in each category. The most represented age group in the country was from 35 to 39 years old, with approximately *** million women and *** million men. Male-to-female ratio in Russia The number of men in Russia was historically lower than the number of women, which was a result of population losses during World War I and World War II. In 1950, in the age category from 25 to 29 years, ** men were recorded per 100 women in the Soviet Union. In today’s Russia, the female-to-male ratio in the same age group reached *** women per 1,000 men. Russia has the highest life expectancy gender gap The World Health Organization estimated the average life expectancy of women across the world at over five years longer than men. In Russia, this gap between genders exceeded 10 years. According to the study “Burden of disease in Russia, 1980-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016,” Russia had the highest gender difference in life expectancy worldwide.

Russia RU: Total Population data was reported at 145,845.591 Person th in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 146,459.802 Person th for 2020. Russia RU: Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 145,976.470 Person th from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2021, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 148,538.190 Person th in 1992 and a record low of 139,221.500 Person th in 1981. Russia RU: Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Russian Federation – Table RU.OECD.MSTI: Population, Labour Force and Employment: Non OECD Member: Annual.

In response to Russia's large-scale aggression against Ukraine, the OECD Council decided on 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of Russia and Belarus in OECD bodies. In view of this decision, the OECD suspended its solicitation of official statistics on R&D from Russian authorities, leading to the absence of more recent R&D statistics for this country in the OECD database. Previously collected and compiled indicators are still available.

The business enterprise sector includes all organisations and enterprises whose main activity is connected with the production of goods and services for sale, including those owned by the state, and private non-profit institutions serving the above-mentioned organisations. In practice however, R&D performed in this sector is carried out mostly by industrial research institutes other than enterprises. This particularity reflects the traditional organisation of Russian R&D.

Headcount data include full-time personnel only, and hence are underestimated, while data in full-time equivalents (FTE) are calculated on the basis of both full-time and part-time personnel. This explains why the FTE data are greater than the headcount data.

New budgetary procedures introduced in 2005 have resulted in items previously classified as GBARD being attributed to other headings and have affected the coverage and breakdown by socio-economic objective.

Russia launched its armed aggression against Ukraine in February 2014, seizing Crimea and subsequently occupying parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russia started a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on multiple fronts, deploying troops and shelling Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. As of the end of 2023 the war against Ukraine is still ongoing and its outcome is unknown. At different stages of the war, KIIS has studied the public opinion of the Ukrainian population regarding Russian aggression. It included surveys on people's attitudes towards the annexation of Crimea, and Ukraine's countermeasures in Eastern Ukraine (Anti-Terrorist Operation, ATO) covering the period from 2014 to 2018. Since 2022, public opinion polls have asked questions regarding people's feelings and opinions about the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, perceptions of the government's actions, readiness for concessions / compromises to end the war, etc. Data from individual surveys for the period 2014-2023 (14 in total) were combined into a merged dataset. Each of these polls is representative of the Ukraine's adult population (aged 18 and older), and typically includes about 2,000 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data provide a snapshot of public opinion of the Ukrainian population on some aspects of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Some questions are repeated, which makes it possible to track changes in opinions over time.

Context

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 6.3 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced (Source: Wikipedia).

Content

This dataset is a collection of 407 news articles from NYT and Guardians related to ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The publishing date of articles ranges from Feb 1st, 2022 to Jul 31st, 2022.

What you can do?

Here are some ideas to explore:

• Discourse analysis of Russia-Ukraine conflict (How the war has evolved over months?)
• Identify most talked about issues (refugees, food, weapons, fuel, etc.)
• Extract sentiment of articles for both Russia and Ukraine
• Which world leaders have tried to become mediators?
• Number of supporting countries for both Russia and Ukraine
• Map how NATO alliance has been affected by the war

I am looking forward to see your work and ideas and will keep adding more ideas to explore.

Ukraine Labour Force: Working Age: Male: Economically Active Population data was reported at 8,755.200 Person th in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8,889.100 Person th for 2020. Ukraine Labour Force: Working Age: Male: Economically Active Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10,809.350 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2021, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,119.700 Person th in 2008 and a record low of 8,755.200 Person th in 2021. Ukraine Labour Force: Working Age: Male: Economically Active Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.G010: Labour Force: Annual. Data release delayed due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict. No estimation on next release date can be made.
Economically active population comprises all population aged 15–70 of either sex who during reporting period performed the work related to the production of goods and services.

This is a collection that contains code and dataframes of a study that investigates the well-being trend of Ukrainian and Russian populations and the global reputation of Russian leadership following the 2022 invasion. The synthetic analytic datasets in this data collection are provided solely for study replication and should not be used for other purposes.

Since 2008, KIIS has been tracking public opinion in Ukraine regarding Russia by asking the question 'What is your general attitude towards Russia now?' with a 4-point scale from 'very good' to 'very bad.' To gain a deeper understanding of the situation, every few years the surveys also included additional questions about attitudes towards Russians (residents of Russia) and the Russian leadership. Each survey wave in Ukraine was carried out on a sample representative of Ukraine's adult population (aged 18 and older), with an average sample size of about 2,000 respondents. The merged dataset contains data from 49 waves of the survey conducted in Ukraine from 2008 to 2022 with a total of 98,575 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data enable tracking Ukrainian public opinion regarding Russia for the period of 14 years, from 2008 to 2022, both among the population as a whole and among its different subpopulations. This monitoring of public opinion in Ukraine on Russia is a part of a joint project with the Levada Center, which simultaneously tracked public opinion in Russia on Ukraine, using the same question wording. However, only the data from the polls conducted in Ukraine are presented in this data collection.

Ukraine UA: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data was reported at 1.063 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.064 Ratio for 2015. Ukraine UA: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data is updated yearly, averaging 1.063 Ratio from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2016, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.066 Ratio in 2012 and a record low of 1.052 Ratio in 1977. Ukraine UA: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births. The data are 5 year averages.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

This dataset contains data from the experiment and python code for the project titled “Love or politics? Political views regarding the war in Ukraine in an online dating experiment”.

Paper abstract: Political views affect various behaviors, including relationship formation. This study conducts a field experiment on a large Russian dating site and gathers data from over 3,000 profile evaluations. The findings reveal significant penalties for those who express pro-war or anti-war positions on their dating profiles. Age emerges as the most polarizing factor: younger individuals are less likely to approach pro-war profiles but not anti-war ones, whereas older individuals are less likely to respond positively to profiles indicating anti-war views but not pro-war ones. The results align with survey evidence of a positive relationship between respondents' age and expressed support for the war in Russia, although the experiment indicates a higher degree of polarization. Overall, the experimental findings demonstrate that survey data can reveal trends and relationships between individuals' characteristics and their opinions, but may overstate the levels of support for government agendas in non-democratic states.

The experiment was conducted in October - November, 2022, on a large online dating site in Russia in three Russian regions: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sverdlovskaya oblast. There are three separate data files, one for each region. Each file contains information on dating site users that have been liked by and/or have viewed the experimental profiles.

File ExperimentDataMainLikedUsers.csv contains data on the main sample of liked users. The hair color of these users was recorded from profile photos whenever possible. Weights have also been added to enable analysis with adjustment for differences in age distribution between dating site users and a subset of the Russian population that shares similar observable characteristics.

The folder also contains python code for data analysis.

The description of the study is available at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/120731/

Context

The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on February 24, 2022. Attacks by Russian forces were reported in major cities across Ukraine, including Berdyansk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, and the capital Kyiv. Western officials claimed that by scope, the war could be the largest in Europe since 1945. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified over 5.7 thousand deaths of civilians in Ukraine during the war as of September 2022.

The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 7.2 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced. The refugees of the war mostly fled to the neighboring countries of Ukraine located in Central and Eastern Europe, prominently the nations of Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and Russia as well. With the situation in the regions of Ukraine changing, it is important to keep a general record regarding where the refugees are located, to provide better assistance to them and the concerned authorities.

About the dataset

This dataset contains information about the number of Ukrainian refugees that a neighboring country is housing at different points in time, starting from early March. The countries that mostly feature in the data are obviously the ones mentioned before that share borders with the nation of Ukraine. Each record mentions the country, the date of recording, the number of refugees in that country, and geospatial data of the particular region which could help in some useful geographical analysis. The consecutive entries for one country seem to be not more than a week apart at any given time. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and local governments are the main sources.

This file was extracted using an API about war data from RapidAPI. I will also provide regular updates to this dataset whenever I find any. I am still new to this technique of extraction so any feedback would be highly appreciated.

Inspiration

The war has inflicted large scale damage on many different communities and I believe the data science community has the knowledge and resources of providing help. I believe all data enthusiasts learn about data science to help in solving real world problems that society faces and providing aid during times of humanitarian crises would be influential work of the highest order.

Visit this link if you wish to donate or provide other support to the efforts in Ukraine: https://stand-with-ukraine.pp.ua/

Since the early 1990s, KIIS has systematically polled the question "How would you like to see Ukraine's relations with Russia?" to estimate Ukrainian preferences regarding these relations. The answer options provided to respondents were: "They should be the same as with other states - with closed borders, visas, customs"; "Ukraine and Russia should be independent but friendly states - with open borders, no visas, and no customs"; "Ukraine and Russia should unite into one state." Each survey wave was carried out on a sample representative of the Ukraine's adult population (aged 18 and older), with an average sample size of about 2,000 respondents. To facilitate analysis, the results of the individual survey waves from 1993 to 2023 were merged into a single dataset, including 82 polls with a total of 166,314 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data enable tracking Ukrainian public opinion on what the relationship between the Ukraine and Russia should be like, from Ukraine's independence to the 2023, both among the population as a whole and among its different subpopulations.

"Opinions and Views of the Population of Ukraine" is a regular omnibus survey, conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) among Ukraine's adult population and covering a wide range of topics. The data presented here is a subset of the survey conducted in February 2024 and include KIIS's own research questions. The questions cover the following topics: readiness for concessions for peace; perceptions of Russia, its people, and leadership; sources of information; perceptions of the war between Russia and Ukraine; views on Western support for Ukraine; factors contributing to Ukraine's success in the war; perceptions of recent investigations into large businesses and businessmen in Ukraine; state control over online information; state policy on the Russian language in Ukraine; the level of democracy in Ukraine; opportunities for personal success; and favorite national holidays. Data collection took place from February 17 to 28, 2024. Some of the survey questions were asked to all respondents (n=2,008), while others were directed to a sub-sample of 1,052 respondents. The data is available in an SAV format (Ukrainian, English) and a converted CSV format (with a codebook). The Data Documentation (pdf file) also includes a short overview and discussion of survey results as well as the relevant parts of the original questionnaire.

In December 2021 and early February 2022, KIIS included the following question in its public opinion polls with the aim of assessing the population's readiness to resist a potential Russian invasion: 'In the event of an armed intervention by Russia in your city or village, would you take any action, and if so, which ones?' The response options included: 'Resist with arms,' 'Resist by participating in civil resistance actions such as demonstrations, protests, marches, boycotts, strikes, civil disobedience,' 'Move to a safer region of Ukraine,' 'Move abroad,' and 'Do nothing.' Each of these two polls was conducted with a sample that is representative of the adult population (aged 18 and older) of Ukraine, comprising approximately 2000 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data enable the assessment of Ukrainians' willingness to resist Russian intervention on the eve of a full-scale invasion. Consistency in methodology and question wording across the surveys allows to track the dynamics of attitudes from the end of 2021 to just before the invasion in February 2022.

The gap between the number of women and men in Russia was measured at approximately **** million as of January 1, 2024, with the female population of the country historically outnumbering the male population. Both genders saw a decrease in inhabitants compared to the previous year. Why are there more women than men in Russia? One of the factors explaining gender imbalance in modern Russia is the gap in average life expectancy between the genders. In 2022, Russian women outlived men by around ** years. In particular, working-age men were *** times more likely to die from external causes of death, such as accidents and suicides, compared to working-age women in that year. Furthermore, partial mobilization announced as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war resulted in a mass exodus of young men fleeing from conscription. In response to the government’s call to recruit up to 300,000 reservists in end-September 2022, Google search interest in the term "How to leave Russia" increased sharply. Gender imbalance and its consequences for Russia In Russia, the labor market remains highly segregated by gender. Manual jobs in equipment operation, metal industry, manufacturing, and mechanics are male dominated. The labor shortage in these spheres could limit the country’s potential for increased industrial production. Furthermore, fewer men exacerbate the issue of falling births in Russia. In 2023, only **** million births were recorded nationwide, the lowest over the past decade. Coupled with a decreasing number of working-age men, such a decline in live births could lead to less innovation, a larger share of retired people, and rising government expenditure on pensions and healthcare.

Russia RU: Total Employment data was reported at 70,601.000 Person th in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 71,933.000 Person th for 2019. Russia RU: Total Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 70,601.000 Person th from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72,532.000 Person th in 2018 and a record low of 58,464.000 Person th in 1998. Russia RU: Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Russian Federation – Table RU.OECD.MSTI: Population, Labour Force and Employment: Non OECD Member: Annual.

In response to Russia's large-scale aggression against Ukraine, the OECD Council decided on 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of Russia and Belarus in OECD bodies. In view of this decision, the OECD suspended its solicitation of official statistics on R&D from Russian authorities, leading to the absence of more recent R&D statistics for this country in the OECD database. Previously collected and compiled indicators are still available.

The business enterprise sector includes all organisations and enterprises whose main activity is connected with the production of goods and services for sale, including those owned by the state, and private non-profit institutions serving the above-mentioned organisations. In practice however, R&D performed in this sector is carried out mostly by industrial research institutes other than enterprises. This particularity reflects the traditional organisation of Russian R&D.

Headcount data include full-time personnel only, and hence are underestimated, while data in full-time equivalents (FTE) are calculated on the basis of both full-time and part-time personnel. This explains why the FTE data are greater than the headcount data.

New budgetary procedures introduced in 2005 have resulted in items previously classified as GBARD being attributed to other headings and have affected the coverage and breakdown by socio-economic objective.

Russia's military capabilities outnumbered those of Ukraine for most indicators as of 2025. For example, the number of aircraft at the disposal of the Russian Army was close to 4,300, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces possessed 324 aircraft. Russia's naval fleet was 4.7 times larger than Ukraine's. Moreover, Russia was one of the nine countries that possessed nuclear weapons. As of early 2024, Russia held the world's largest inventory of nuclear warheads. How many soldiers does Ukraine have? Ukraine's Army counted approximately 2.2 million military personnel as of 2025. Of them, 900,000 were active military staff. Furthermore, 1.2 million soldiers were part of the country's reserve forces. To compare, Russia had approximately 1.32 million active military personnel and two million of reserve military personnel. Russia's active soldier count was the fourth-largest worldwide, while Ukraine's ranked sixth. Ukraine's tank strength Ukraine's Armed Forces possessed over 1,100 tanks as of 2025, which was more than five times less than Russia's. To support Ukraine during the Russian invasion, several Western countries made commitments to deliver tanks to Ukraine, including Leopard 2, Challenger 2, and M1 Abrams. Furthermore, Ukraine received other types of armored vehicles from Western countries, such as M133 armored personnel carriers from the United States and Mastiff (6x6) protected patrol vehicles from the United Kingdom.

"Opinions and Views of the Population of Ukraine" is a regular omnibus survey, conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) among Ukraine's adult population and covering a wide range of topics. The data presented here is a subset of the survey conducted in May 2024 and include KIIS's own research questions. Questions included are: readiness for concessions for peace, views on Ukraine's relationship with Russia, perceptions of the war between Russia and Ukraine, views on security agreements, perceptions of Ukrainian society's unity, attitudes toward criticism of the government, attitudes toward the legalization of medical cannabis, and perceptions of Ukraine's statehood during the Soviet era. Data collection took place from May 16 to 22, 2024, with 1,067 respondents interviewed. The data is available in an SAV format (Ukrainian, English) and a converted CSV format (with a codebook). The Data Documentation (pdf file) also includes a short overview and discussion of survey results as well as the relevant parts of the original questionnaire.

Dataset Card for Russia Ukraine Conflict

  Dataset Summary

Context

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 6.3 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced (Source: Wikipedia).

Content

This dataset is a collection of 407 news articles from NYT and Guardians related to ongoing… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/hugginglearners/russia-ukraine-conflict-articles.