A study by the KIIS and the Levada Center showed that 48% of Ukrainians are positive towards Russia, and among Russians, 33% are positive towards Ukraine..

If the situation among Russians has not changed, then among Ukrainians, the part of positive-minded people has increased by 3% compared with February 2018.

88% of Ukrainians support the independence of Ukraine, but the percentage of those who want to abolish visas and customs on the border with Russia has grown from 44% to 50%.

In Russia, 16% would like to unite with Ukraine, and in March 2018 10% of Russians wanted it..

Among the qualities that Ukrainians highlight in the first place in Russians are openness (22%), hospitality (21%), laziness (15%) and imposing their customs (14%).

Among Russians, the first place among the qualities of Ukrainians is hypocrisy and cunning (30%), and then hospitality (26%), secrecy (23%) and envy (22%).

KIIS conducted a survey from September 8 to September 23 in 109 settlements among 2026 respondents. The error is not more than 3.3% for indicators of about 50%, 2.8% for indicators of about 25%, 2% for indicators close to 10% and 1.4% for indicators of about 5%.

Levada Center conducted a survey from September 20 to 26 among 1,600 people.