Poll shows 98% Ukrainians believe in Ukraine’s victory, 91% approve of Zelenskyy
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 11 AUGUST 2022, 22:38
According to a recent poll, 98% Ukrainians believe in Ukraine’s victory over Russia, and 91% approve of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job performance.
Source: Survey conducted by the Rating Sociological Group on behalf of the Center for Insights in Survey Research of the International Republican Institute on 27-28 June
Details: When asked if they believe Ukraine will win the war, 98% said yes.
One percent of respondents said that they did not believe in Ukraine’s victory and another 1% said they were undecided.
In an earlier poll – conducted in April – 97% of Ukrainians said they believed in Ukraine’s victory.
When asked whether they approve of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s performance, 59% said they strongly approved and 32% that they somewhat approved of it. Overall, 91% of respondents approve of the president’s performance. Only 2% of respondents strongly disapprove and 5% somewhat disapprove of it.
This indicates a slight decrease in approval for Zelenskyy compared to the April poll, when 74% respondents said they strongly approved and 20% said they somewhat approved of his performance.
Meanwhile, 88% of respondents strongly approve and 10% somewhat approve of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with a total of 98% respondents approving of the army’s performance.
Support for NATO membership has increased in recent months. Seventy-two percent of Ukrainians would back joining NATO if a referendum were held today. That is a jump of 13 percentage points from a poll conducted in April.
The poll also shows that a large majority of Ukrainians do not believe they will cede any territory to the Russian invaders: 64% say that after the current war, Ukraine will maintain all territories within its borders that were internationally recognised in 1991. Another 14% say that Ukraine will regain territory under their control prior to Russia’s 24 February attack.
When asked "What concessions are you prepared to make to end the war?" 40% of respondents said they were not ready to make any concessions. Another 29% believe that Ukraine can declare neutrality and pledge to not join NATO.Eight percent said that Ukraine could recognise Russian as an official language [on par with Ukrainian - ed.]. Six per cent believe that Ukraine can recognise the so-called DPR [Russian-controlled "Donetsk People’s Republic" - ed.] and LPR [Russian-controlled "Luhansk People’s Republic" - ed.] as independent states within their pre-24 February borders. Finally, 5% of respondents said they were prepared to recognise Crimea as part of Russia.
Reference: The survey was conducted by the Rating Sociological Group on behalf of the Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR) of the International Republican Institute (IRI) throughout Ukraine (except for the in the occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts) on 27-28 June 2022, through computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers.
The total sample consisted of 2,004 Ukrainians aged 18 and older. The sample excludes any Ukrainians not currently in Ukraine. The margin of error does not exceed 2 percentage points. The survey was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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