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said they would vote in favour of independence, 3.2% would vote against, 5.5% would not participate in the referendum, and 3.9% could not answer.
Asked what unites people in the Ukrainian community today, 31.2% respondents said it is an aspiration for overcoming life hardships together, 27.5% said it is the feeling of loss of normal life, 48.1% - hope for a better future, 72.5% - hope for victory in the war, 23.7% - family and community feelings, 4.2% - dissatisfaction with the government, 14.5% - fear of the future, 12.8% - language of communication, 35.9% - patriotic sentiments, 3.7% - political opinions, 4.1% - religion, 3.9% - ethnicity, 0.6% - miscellaneous, 0.9% - nothing, and 1% could not answer.
The respondents were also asked whether during the years of independence of Ukraine there were more positive or negative things. Some 37.2% said that positive things prevailed, 40.5% said they were equal, 15.1% said that negative things prevailed, and 7.1% could not answer.
Asked whether they would like to build their future life in Ukraine, 62.9% said sure, 25.5% - probably yes, 3.4% - probably no, 0.8% - no, and 7.4% could not answer.
Stalin remains popular in Russia as the man that transformed Russia’s economy from a bucolic agrarian society into an industrial superpower. In Ukraine support for Stalin has fallen off to next to nothing.
Poll: 53% of Americans say the US should support Ukraine until Russia withdraws. That support came from both Democratic and Republican voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Aug. 24. Only 18% of
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