In an interview with ZN.UA, the director of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine Yevhen Holovakha analyzed the results of a study by the Gallup Institute and Ukrainian sociological centers, which indicate a change in public sentiment.
According to Gallup data, 69% of Ukrainians today support the quickest possible end to the war through negotiations – unlike in 2022, when 73% supported continuing the fighting until victory. The sociologist explains this not as a shift from optimism to pessimism, but from euphoria to realism, caused by unrealistic expectations and the results of the 2023 counteroffensive.
At the same time, according to KMIS surveys, Ukrainians categorically reject the conditions proposed by Russia and are ready to discuss only formulas that do not imply legal recognition of territorial losses.
The conversation also touched on the risks of internal divisions, the danger of populism in post-war elections, the role of civil society in restraining the limitation of democratic procedures, as well as possible scenarios for Ukraine's development after the war.