95% of Ukrainians are convinced of Ukraine's victory, but have less faith in the fast end of the war

DENYS KARLOVSKYI — TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022, 17:11

95% of Ukrainians are convinced that Ukraine will win the war, but there are more people who do not believe in a quick cessation of hostilities.

Source: the poll of the sociological group "Rating", conducted on March 30-31

Details: 95% of respondents believe that Ukraine will be able to repel Russia's attack. 69% of them are absolutely sure, 25% are rather sure.

At the same time, the number of those who believe that victory is possible in a few weeks is decreasing. 30% of respondents believe that a few weeks will be enough for Ukraine to finally stop the attack of Russian troops, although in early March there were 39% of such respondents. Another 5% of respondents are convinced that Ukraine needs only about a week to win.

At the same time, there is a growing number of people who believe that it will take several months or even six months or a year to win.

16% of respondents are convinced that they will have to wait about six months or a year to win, and another 4% think they will wait more than a year.

31% believe that several more months of hostilities are ahead.

At the same time, 14% could not answer the question "How much time do you think Ukraine needs to win the war with Russia?"

In addition, almost 8 Ukrainians out of 10 (78% of respondents) are convinced that Ukraine is moving in the right direction. 11% believe the direction is wrong, and another 11% could not answer.

This is significantly different from the mood of society before the full-scale invasion. For example, in January 2022, a month before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sociologists in the Rating Group found that only 23% of respondents believed that things in Ukraine were going in the right direction, while 70% thought it was in the wrong direction.

Sociologists have interviewed 1,500 Ukrainians over the age of 18 who live in all regions of Ukraine except the occupied Crimea and some districts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The sample is representative by age, sex and type of settlement.

Error of representativeness of the research: not more than 2.5%.