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Despite the hostilities and recent warnings by the US intelligence services that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine, few Russians see that as a possibility. Only 3% of respondents were confident that the current tension in the east of Ukraine may escalate into a war between Ukraine and Russia. Another third (36%) consider this scenario to be “quite probable” and almost the same number (38%) consider a war between the two countries "unlikely". Another 15% completely exclude the possibility of war between Russia and Ukraine.
“There is practically no difference in assessments of the situation between respondents from different socio-demographic groups,” Levada said, commenting on the expectations of war by different age cohorts.
The Levada poll comes on top of a similar poll in Kyiv from the Rating Group published on December 10 that found three out of four (72%) Ukrainians believe Russia is a “hostile state.” Just 12% of Ukrainians said they see Russia as an ally, according to the Rating Group survey.
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