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Vast majority of Ukrainians don't believe there's conflict between political, military leadership of Ukraine – KIIS survey
KYIV. Sept 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The majority of Ukrainians positively assess the unity of the leadership of Ukraine and the dedication to the goal of winning the war, according to a poll conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on September 7-13.
Only 14% of respondents believe that there are serious conflicts between the political and military leadership of Ukraine, while 71% of respondents believe that the military and political leadership act in harmony with the common goal of victory.
More common is the narrative that leadership does not pay enough attention to the Ukrainian defenders, believed by 24% of respondents. The majority – 60% – believe that the leadership to the extent possible shows due attention to the defenders.
The most respondents believe in the narrative that officials profit from the war and steal Western weapons – 29%. However, even in this case, there are significantly more those who believe that weapons are not stolen, but are used by our defenders – 51%.
Only 5% of Ukrainians share the narrative of the treacherous government, which is ready and able to make compromises with Russia unacceptable for Ukraine. However, 87% of Ukrainians believe that the Ukrainian authorities will not make unacceptable compromises.
Also, only 15% of Ukrainians believe that the West is tired of Ukraine and wants Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. Simultaneously, 73% of Ukrainians believe that the West continues to support Ukraine and expects the war to end on terms acceptable to Ukraine.
"In all regions and among all linguistic and ethnic categories, the vast majority positively assess the unity and dedication of the military-political leadership to victory in the war," the KIIS said in its press release on the survey.
The KIIS conducted the public opinion by the method of computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI). Some 2,000 respondents living in all regions of Ukraine controlled by the government were interviewed. The survey was conducted with adult (aged 18 and older) citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, lived on the territory of Ukraine (within the boundaries controlled by the authorities of Ukraine until February 24, 2022). The sample did not include residents of territories that were not temporarily controlled by the authorities of Ukraine until February 24, 2022, and the survey was not conducted with citizens who left the country after February 24, 2022.
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%, 1.5% – for indicators close to 10%, 1.1% – for indicators close to 5%.
Under conditions of war, in addition to the specified formal error, a certain systematic deviation is added. In general, the obtained results are still highly representative and allow a fairly reliable analysis of public attitudes.
