More than 90 percent of Ukrainians believe in victory over Russia – survey

MAZURENKO ALONA — MONDAY, 22 AUGUST 2022, 13:53

Based on recent survey results, 92% of Ukrainians believe in Ukraine's victory over Russia.

Source: results of the survey by Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Centre in the period from 5 to 12 August

Quote: "More than 90% of respondents believe in Ukraine's victory in this war. (77% [said they were] confident and 15% rather confident). Only one percent of respondents do not believe or rather do not believe in victory.

31% of those who believe in victory hope it will happen before the end of this year. 34% believe that it will happen in a year or two. Another 7 percent believe that it will take from 3 to 5 years.

Another 23% found it difficult to answer this question, and a few percent say that victory will happen in a very long-term run."

Details: In addition, more than 75 percent of respondents will support the decision [after the victory of Ukraine and liberation of its territory] to completely sever all ties with Russia, up to a complete ban on the entry of Russians into Ukraine.

86% of respondents believe that the Russian leadership bears the main responsibility for the war in Ukraine. 42.5% also believe that the same responsibility lies with Russian citizens.

At the same time, about 20% of respondents blame the leadership of Ukraine for the invasion; 18% and 16% blame NATO member states and the U.S. government, respectively.

Despite the war, Ukrainians mostly think positively about the future of Ukraine. Thus, hope prevails in their thoughts about the future of Ukraine; 65.5% of respondents feel this way.

The survey was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation with the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre from 5 to 12 August 2022, with the grant support of the University of Bremen and the International Renaissance Foundation.

The survey was conducted in 112 settlements (57 urban and 55 rural) using the face-to-face method.

In Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv oblasts, the survey was conducted only in Ukraine-held territories, where there’s no military action.

2,024 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed.

The margin of error is 2.3%.

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