The Poles really want Ukraine to win the war that Russia imposed on it. And so they are happy to read stories about the failures of the Russian army and the successes of the Ukrainian. However, “fatigue” began to appear in Poland from the news of the bloodshed that is taking place in the neighboring country..

Gazeta Wyborcza writes about this with reference to the results of a telephone survey conducted by the Laboratory for International Studies at the University of Warsaw in late May and early June.. The study involved 1609 people who answered various questions about the war in Ukraine. In particular, the researchers asked Poles about their fears about the future of their country, about accepting refugees from Ukraine, Polish media coverage of the war, and whether Russia was ready for the conflict that it itself started..

About refugees and fear for the future of Poland.

The results of the survey showed that 99% of Poles are sure that refugees from Ukraine were well received in their communities.. However, the response of people differs markedly depending on gender.. Women more often assessed the reception of refugees as good (70.1%) than men (63.6%). At the same time, women were more actively involved in helping refugees.. Worst of all, the reception of Ukrainians in Poland was rated by young people and people with vocational education.

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Gazeta Wyborcza also notes that, quite expectedly, the Russian war against Ukraine made the Poles fear for their own future.. 70% of the respondents, regardless of the level of education, reported feeling anxious. The authors of the survey noted that the response of respondents also depended on age.. The older people were, the more often they agreed with the statement: “The war in Ukraine made me worry about my future”.

“This proves that the armed conflict near our border has deprived the citizens of Poland of a sense of security.. We understand that the secure world that we knew a few years ago no longer exists,” Karolina Brylska, Deputy Director of the Laboratory for International Studies at the University of Warsaw, commented on the results of the survey..

“The myth of a strong Russia is being destroyed before our eyes”.

Despite the fear, the Poles are convinced that Russia was not ready for the war that it unleashed. 62.9% of respondents did not agree with the statement that the Russian Federation was " At the same time, the researchers noticed that the better the education of the respondent, the less he is convinced that Russia was not ready for war..

Brylskaya explained that such a high percentage indicates the effectiveness of Ukrainian propaganda.. And this is good news for Ukraine and the democratic world in the context of the war..

“Most of us think of war in terms of images and slogans from Internet memes that inform us about military events, and not about the real, full flow of the conflict.. These memes mostly talk about Russia's failures, as well as the heroism and ingenuity of Ukrainians.. Combined with clickbait headlines on Internet portals, this gives a large part of the Poles the feeling that they " It is obvious that we, as Poles, really want Ukraine to win the war. Therefore, we are happy to read and repeat narratives about clumsy Russia and effective Ukraine,” Brylskaya explained..

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“The myth of a powerful and effective Russia is being destroyed before our very eyes.. We admire Ukrainians for their heroism and resilience. When President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine is defending Poland, the EU, the West, then we Poles, who, like no one else, understand what the battle " We know that one cannot be indifferent to this conflict,” added Dr. Tomasz Gackowski, Director of the Laboratory for International Studies at the University of Warsaw..

The first signs of fatigue.

However, every third Pole (31% of survey participants) " However, the majority (almost 54%) disagreed with this opinion..

Especially young people and poorly educated people critically perceive a large amount of news about the war in Ukraine.

“Obviously, we are seeing the first manifestations of “fatigue” from constant tension, the constant need to help and daily events at the front.. After two years of fighting a pandemic in a time of great uncertainty, the war in Ukraine seems to fill the cup of suffering. And this can lead to a lot of fractures and reassessments in both social and economic and political life in the coming months,” said Dr. Gackowski..