In early 2023, in the midst of a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine was rocked by a corruption scandal in the Ministry of Defense. Sociologists asked citizens how they feel about the investigation of possible corruption in the defense department. The survey results were published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.

In particular, 46% of respondents are convinced that it is better to conduct an investigation more thoroughly and longer. Another 47% noted that there should be immediate decisions on the slightest suspicion of corruption.

Sociologists also asked about the opinion of citizens about the readiness for territorial concessions, depending on the attitude towards possible corruption cases in the Ministry of Defense. The results showed that both among those who demand quick decisions and among those who want a more thorough investigation, the absolute majority are against concessions to the aggressor..

At the same time, among both categories of the population, the majority of respondents believe that Russia is running out of its resources.. Therefore, together with the support of the world community, Ukraine can end the war on acceptable terms..

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The study was conducted from October 14 to October 22 by telephone interviews based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers.. A total of 2,002 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed, who at the time of the survey lived in the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government.

Formally, under normal circumstances, the statistical error of such a sample (with a probability of 0.95 and taking into account the design effect of 1.1) did not exceed 2.4% for indicators close to 50%, 2.1% for indicators close to 25%,. In war conditions, in addition to the indicated formal error, a certain systematic deviation is added. In particular, if back in May, among all the respondents we interviewed, 2.5-4% lived in the territories occupied after February 24, now, due to the disconnection of telephone communications by the occupiers, we were able to interview only 2 respondents (since 2002) who now live in the occupied territories..