By the Numbers: 20 July 2026

8.6%

The percentage of Ukrainians who "had probable PTSD three years into the war" following Russia's full-scale invasion, according to an article in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology -- Moral injury and PTSD among Ukrainians exposed to full-scale war.

  • PTSD severity correlated moderately to strongly with moral injury (r = .47–.58).
     
  • Probable PTSD predicted higher shame (η²p = .09) and trust-violation (η²p =  .13) moral injury outcomes.
     
  • Trust-violation moral injury notably exceeded shame-related moral injury in this sample.
     
  • Ukrainian PCL-5 and MIOS Part 2 showed strong validity and excellent reliability.