Most Ukrainians support negotiations with Russia, but not ready to give up territory – chart

57% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia to try to achieve peace. These are the results of a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. At the same time, 66% of respondents believe that Ukraine should bring back the territories which were under Kyiv's control until 2014, including Donbas and Crimea.

Source: a poll conducted by the National Democratic Institute and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in May 2024 Details: 57% of respondents  said that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia to try to achieve peace.

38% believe that Ukraine should negotiate, while 5% said they were not sure.

The number of those who agree to negotiate with Russia has increased by 15% compared to November 2023 and thus is the same as it was  in the results of the May 2022 poll. Back then, 59% of Ukrainians said that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia to try to achieve peace. 

At the same time, the survey results indicate that Ukrainians are ready to negotiate under such conditions:

66% of respondents said that Ukraine should bring back the territory it controlled before 2014, including Donbas and Crimea.

60% of respondents consider it "completely unacceptable" that Ukraine can only have the territory it currently controls. In addition, 74% and 76% of respondents disagree that Ukraine should give up its membership in NATO or the EU for the sake of peace. For reference:  The survey was conducted on 8-25 May.

A total of 2,508 adult residents of Ukraine were interviewed by telephone based on randomly generated mobile numbers. The sample did not include the temporarily occupied territories as of 23 February 2022 (Crimea and occupied districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts). Respondents living in the territories that were occupied after 24 February 2022 were interviewed if they felt safe enough to answer the questions.

The sampling error does not exceed 2.2%.

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