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Over 5.5mn Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Russia from Ukraine, Donbass since February 2022. "Overall, since February [2022], a little more than 5.5mn people, including over 749,000 children, have arrived in Russia," the official said. About 39,000 people, including over 11,000 children, are staying at temporary accommodation centres in Russia. The others are living with their relatives, in private homes or have left Russia. One-off payments of RUB10,000 ($131) per person have been suspended. In all, almost RUB12.3bn ($160.6mn) has so far been paid out to refugees.
Over the last year, at least a third of Russians have consistently preferred talks over continued military operations. This share reached a peak of 44% in the fall of 2022 when Russian forces suffered a series of defeats in the southern and northern parts of Ukraine.
Similarly, in a February survey, 40% of respondents said they would like to see Russian troops withdraw from Ukraine without achieving their goals. Even more, about two-thirds of respondents (66%) indicated that they would support the signing of a peace agreement and an end to the military campaign if such a decision came from Putin. This suggests that the Russian leadership has a wider leeway in choosing the direction of this war, including a path of de-escalation, than its Ukrainian counterparts , Al Jazeera reports.
US public support for military aid provisions has declined, with a quarter of Americans (26%) saying that the US gives too much aid to Ukraine and only 48% explicitly in favour of providing it with armaments. While Europeans largely support further assistance to Ukraine, many, particularly in Germany and Austria, have become increasingly impatient with the war and would like to see it end sooner. In a recent poll, 48% of respondents in nine European Union member states favoured quick peace even if Ukraine surrenders some of its territories as a result.
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