In Germany, at least 300,000 Ukrainians do not work and are not trying to find employment; they will be forced to return after the end of social support from this country, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Not all Ukrainians are happily welcomed abroad. This is not part of the plan to bring Ukrainians back, but there are facts. The countries and their leaders want working Ukrainians to stay there. At the same time, they are looking for ways to force non-working Ukrainians to return to Ukraine. This is also a fact. For example, there are more than 1.1 million Ukrainians in Germany today, of which at least 300,000 neither work anywhere, nor even try to find a job. There are many such people all over Europe," Zelenskyy said during a meeting with the heads of territorial communities and districts of Zakarpattia.

A significant part of these people, he said, will return to Ukraine as soon as Western countries stop providing social benefits and support to refugees.

"They will disappear, not thanks to us. The countries will simply stop helping them. As soon as their societies support the decision that there is no need to pay Ukrainians, at that moment the countries will do everything to completely stop payments," the president said.

In addition, there is a percentage of Ukrainians who are waiting for the war to end to return. This will significantly affect Ukraine's post-war position on the continent.

"Of course, if we with you, and I believe in this as much as you do, that if we are not leaders, then one of the leaders on the continent. And if you are one of the leaders, there is place to return to, because there cannot be a failed economy in a country that is called a leader. And if there is an economy, wages, work, people will return," Zelenskyy believes.

According to UN data, since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine's population has decreased by 10 million people due to a mass exodus of refugees, a decline in the birth rate and a decline in the death rate caused by military action.