28.9% of Ukrainians surveyed have relatives who left the country after the start of the full-scale invasion and continue to live abroad. These are the findings of a sociological survey commissioned by the Kyiv Security Forum.

Relatives Abroad

12% of respondents noted that their close relatives or family members who left the country after the start of the full-scale invasion have already returned to Ukraine; another 12% face a mixed situation: some relatives remain abroad, while others have returned.

At the same time, 28.9% of respondents have close relatives or family members who left after February 24, 2022, and are currently living abroad. This figure is rising slightly: in February-March 2023, it was 19.6%; in September 2024, 24.2%; in April-May 2025, also 24.2%; and by April 2026, as noted, 28.9%. Over three years, the figure has risen by 9.3 percentage points.

The share of those who have no relatives abroad who left after the start of the full-scale invasion is 43.4%.

Plans to Return

Among those whose close relatives or family members currently live abroad, 17.9% of respondents are certain that all of them plan to return to Ukraine after the war.

The largest share of respondents, 43.1%, noted that some relatives plan to return, while others do not. 24% reported that their relatives do not plan to return. Another 15% found it difficult to answer or did not know.

Personal Migration Plans

The vast majority of Ukrainians (77.3%) do not plan to leave Ukraine for permanent residence in another country once the war ends: 55.2% are certain they will not leave, and another 22.1% are unlikely to leave.

9.2% of respondents are considering the possibility of leaving: 7.4% are likely to leave, while only 1.8% are definitely planning to leave. Compared to April-May 2025, this figure has remained virtually unchanged – at that time, it stood at 9.7%. Another 13.6% found it “difficult to answer.”

The full text of the study will be presented at the Kyiv Security Forum on April 23.

The sociological survey was conducted by the Razumkov Centre on commission from the Kyiv Security Forum between 2 and 8 April 2026 using face-to-face interviews. A total of 1,200 respondents aged 18 and over were surveyed in the Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Chernivtsi regions, and the city of Kyiv (only in those territories controlled by the Ukrainian government and where no hostilities are taking place). The theoretical margin of error does not exceed 2.9%.