The vast majority of Ukrainians believe in Ukraine's victory in the war with Russia, more than a third believe that this will happen before the end of 2022, according to a new poll by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation.. Ilka Kucheriva, held jointly with the Razumkov Center.

More than 90% of respondents believe that a full-scale war will end with our victory (77% believe and 15% rather believe). Only 4% of respondents do not believe or rather do not believe in victory.

31% of those who believe in victory believe that it will come before the end of this year, another 34% believe that in a year or two, 7% of respondents believe that the war will drag on and last from three to five years. Another 23% found it difficult to answer this question and a few percent say that victory will come in the very long term..

For the majority of respondents (55%), the victory will be the de-occupation of all Ukrainian territories, including Donbass and Crimea. Another 20.5% of the victory in the war will be considered the destruction of the Russian army and the promotion of an uprising / collapse within the Russian Federation. A small part of the respondents consider the end of the war with certain concessions to the aggressor from Ukraine a victory.

About 9% of respondents consider the expulsion of Russian troops from all the territory of Ukraine, except for the occupied Crimea, a victory, 7.5% - the restoration of the status quo as of February 23, and 3% - the end of the war, even if the enemy army remains in the newly occupied territories.

Ukrainians place the responsibility for unleashing the war on the Russian leadership (86%) and the Russians themselves (42.5%). At the same time, about 20% of respondents blame the invasion, in particular, the leadership of Ukraine, and 18% and 16% - NATO member states and the US leadership, respectively..

Ukrainians are almost unanimous in their opinion about what should be the relationship between Ukraine and the aggressor after the victory: more than 75% of respondents are in favor of a complete severance of all relations with the Russian Federation, up to a complete ban on the entry of Russians.

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The survey was conducted from August 5 to 12 using the face-to-face method in 112 settlements in different regions of Ukraine according to a stratified multi-stage? sampling. In Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions - only in government-controlled territories where there is no fighting.

The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the survey was conducted, as of the beginning of 2022 (by age, gender, type of settlement).

2024 respondents over the age of 18 were surveyed. Theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. Additional systematic deviations of the sample may be due to the consequences of Russian aggression, in particular, the forced evacuation of millions of citizens.