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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUSCONF</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Conference on Russia Papers</journal-title>
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        <publisher-name>BDC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2026_05_NAZAROV</article-id>
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        <article-title>The Repatriation of Ukrainian War Refugees as a Factor of European Security</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-7908</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Nazarov</surname>
            <given-names>Mykola</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:mykola.nazarov@icds.ee">mykola.nazarov@icds.ee</email>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>56</fpage>
      <lpage>66</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>28</day>
        <month>05</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Open Access ©</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Baltic Defence College and Mykola Nazarov</copyright-holder>
        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <abstract>
        <p>This chapter examines the “human dimension” of European security, focusing on the issue of Ukrainian war refugees and the potential for their repatriation. Pushing people out of Ukraine is becoming one of Russia’s most important strategies for achieving its so-called “special military operation” goals. Cynical attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, including thermal and electrical generation, combined with information and psychological operations are working towards this goal daily. The consequences of people leaving Ukraine could be painful for both Ukraine’s future and European security. The situation of millions of Ukrainian citizens, who are unable to find fulfilment in the EU and have no place to return home, represents a real catastrophe for the European continent. To avoid this, Ukraine and its allies need to start planning the return of their citizens today, with appropriate adjustments to the state’s socio-economic policy.</p>
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        <kwd>European Security</kwd>
        <kwd>Socio-Economic Policy</kwd>
        <kwd>Ukraine</kwd>
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