Russians are drinking en masse amid the war in Ukraine

According to official statistics alone, the number of alcoholics has grown dramatically since the start of the full-scale invasion: in 2022, 54.2 thousand such patients were identified. Of them with alcoholic psychosis - 12.9 thousand people.

According to official statistics alone, the number of alcoholics has grown dramatically since the start of the full-scale invasion: in 2022, 54.2 thousand such patients were identified. Of them with alcoholic psychosis – 12.9 thousand people.

The Ministry of Health explained the increase in the number of patients with alcoholism by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, The Moscow Times reports.