According to the All-Ukrainian nationally representative poll, conducted by Info Sapiens on 28-29 March, 2022, 82% of Ukrainians oppose the official recognition of the formerly occupied areas of Donbas as part of Russia and 80% of Ukrainians are against the official recognition of Crimea as part of Russia as the conditions for ending the war. At the same time, the share of those who oppose the ban on Ukraine's accession to NATO, decreased from 51% on March 14-15 to 45%.
In accordance with the reluctance to accept the conditions of Russia, there is no optimism on negotiations with it – 69% of Ukrainians are not optimistic regarding the negotiations.
The share of Ukrainians who believe that the war will continue over several months or longer has also increased – there are 48% now, and there used to be 39% two weeks ago.
At the same time, the confidence in the victory is steadfast – 92% are confident that Ukraine will be able to repel Russia's attack and only 4% doubt it.
Research Information
The sample of the study consists of 1033 respondents. The survey was conducted by CATI (computer-assisted telephone interviews) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers. The sample is representative of the adult population of Ukraine (ages of 18 and older) by gender, age, size of settlement and region of residence. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were removed from the study. In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the survey was conducted only in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Also, the survey does not cover Ukrainians who have gone abroad.
The maximum theoretical error does not exceed 3.1%. The survey was conducted on 28-29 March, 2022.