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Only 35% of Russian citizens would reverse Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the Russian Field sociological company on June 16-19.
Nearly half – 49% – of Russians would not reverse course, and would still support the launch of the invasion – despite the events unleashed since, which have included war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, and ecocide via the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and reservoir.
Moreover, nearly two-thirds of Russians would support a fresh assault by the Russian military on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
During the first months of the full-scale war, between 26% to 28% of respondents said they opposed the decision to attack Ukraine, compared to 33% in December 2022.
At the same time, the level of support for Putin’s possible decision to launch a new offensive against Kyiv is the highest among Russians since July 2022, at 64%. Among them, almost three-quarters (74%) consider the course of the full-scale war against Ukraine to be “successful.”
The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin amounted to 78.8%, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center that published the results of a survey conducted from May 29 to June 4 among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.
"When asked about trust in Putin, 78.8% of respondents answered positively (-1.2% over the week), the approval rate of the Russian president's dropped by 1.5% and amounted to 74.8%," the pollsters noted.
Positive assessment figures for the Prime Minister and the Russian government amounted to 52.6% (-0.3%) and 48.6% (-1.3%), respectively," the
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