Over 60% of Ukrainians believe that security guarantees will be able to deter Russia from future aggression

More than 60% of Ukrainians believe that international security guarantees will be able to protect Ukraine from possible Russian aggression in future, according to the results of a nationwide survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service from August 8 to 15, 2024.

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In addition, 54% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will be able to survive in the event of an even longer war with Russia, 28% disagree, and 18% are unsure.

Additionally, 62% of Ukrainians do not trust China as a mediator in possible negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, and 22% do.

Researchers conducted the face-to-face survey in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy and Chernihiv oblasts, as well as the city of Kyiv (in Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson oblasts—only in those territories controlled by Ukraine and in which no hostilities are being conducted.).

The study involved 2,017 respondents aged 18 and up. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. However, additional systematic sample deviations could be attributed to the consequences of Russian aggression, specifically the forced evacuation of millions of citizens.

Majority of Ukrainians see no distinction between Russian government and people in war responsibility. 

ZMINA previously reported that most Ukrainians consider democracy the best system of government.

Earlier, the results of another sociological survey on what Ukrainians know about human rights and how they assess the state of their observance, conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in 2023 in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine and the Human Rights Centre ZMINA, were presented in Kyiv.