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breaks down how Zelensky and his team are running the country, managing Ukraine’s defence, and cultivating the president’s image as a wartime leader.
A new survey has found that 82% of Ukrainians believe that their country should not sign away any of its territories as part of a peace deal with Russia under any circumstances. Researchers at the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology spoke to 2,000 adult citizens of Ukraine between 13 and 18 May. They found that 82% of respondents said they did not support territorial concessions. Only 10% believed that some territories could be abandoned in order to achieve peace and preserve independence, researchers said. According to the poll, 77% of Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory opposed any land concessions. In the east of the country where the most intense fighting with Russian forces is currently taking place, only 19% of respondents said they were ready to make territorial concessions; 68% said they were against. In the south of Ukraine, 83% of respondents said they were against any territorial concessions and 9% found it acceptable for Ukraine to concede territory to achieve peace.
92% of Ukrainians have negative attitude towards Russia. According to a recent poll by the Kyiv International Sociology Institute, only 2% of surveyed Ukrainians hold a positive attitude towards Russia. In early February, weeks before the full-scale invasion, 34% of Ukrainians reportedly had a positive attitude towards Russia.
60% of the Ukrainians who left at the start of the war have returned to Ukraine. According to an adviser to the Interior Minister Viktor Andrusiv, 4.8 million people have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the war. In the first month of Russian aggression, about 7.6 million Ukrainians left the country. However, since the situation started stabilizing, 60% of those people have already returned home. Andrusiv says that the reasons for the return are unsatisfactory free housing conditions, high rent prices, and the language barrier for employment. “Conflict statistics show that 80% of citizens will return after the war is over, but 50% of them will come back home before the war ends," Victor Andrusiv said.
Ukraine launches the Embrace Ukraine campaign in support of EU membership. Ukraine is launching a communication campaign, "Embrace Ukraine. Strengthen the Union", which aims to provide support in the process of European integration, obtaining candidate status for EU membership, reported gov.ua. It is noted that Ukraine already has unprecedented support among EU citizens. The majority (66%) believe that Ukraine should join the EU when it is ready, and 71% say Ukraine is part of the European family. "It is important that the leaders of the EU member states hear the citizens' voice and make the necessary decision on the legal consolidation of Ukraine's status as a candidate country," the Ukrainian government said.
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