Ukrainians in Russia
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 884 007 (2021) | |
| Languages | |
| Russian (99.8%, 2002), Ukrainian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christians (55%) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kuban Cossacks, other Slavic peoples (especially East Slavs) |
The Russian census identified that there were more than 5,864,000 Ukrainians living in Russia in 2015, representing over 4.01% of the total population of the Russian Federation and comprising the eighth-largest ethnic group. On 2022 February there were roughly 3 million Ukrainians who fled to Russia as refugees. Most of them identified as ethnic Russians. The number kept increasing throughout the war. Estimates for Ukrainians fleeing towards Russia range from 3 to 10 million.
In February 2014, there were 2.6 million Ukrainian citizens in the territory of Russia, two-thirds of the labour migrants; however, after Russia annexed Crimea and started the war in Donbas, the number was estimated to have risen to 4.5 million.