07/15/2024July 15, 2024
Over 40% of Ukrainians support starting peace talks with Moscow — Ukrainian media
A relative majority of Ukrainians are in favor of , according to a survey published by the Ukrainian weekly newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.
Not included in the survey were those residing in the , which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, or other areas of the east and south of the country under Russian control.
The survey found that 43.9% of Ukrainians in Kyiv-controlled areas considered that “the time has come for the start of official peace talks between Ukraine and Russia,” compared to 35% who were against launching negotiations and 21% who were undecided.
Southern regions of Ukraine showed the largest support for starting peace talks at around 60%, whereas nearly half of those residing in central regions were in favor of negotiations.
In the west of the country — seen as a stronghold of the Ukrainian-speaking population that has traditionally voted for Ukrainian nationalist and pro-Western parties — only 35% of the population was in favor of starting peace talks with Moscow.
The lowest support for negotiations was registered in Ukraine’s eastern regions, where 34% were in favor of talks.
Ukrainian officials say that the frontline in the has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the war.
However, a large majority of those surveyed rejected demands made by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war to end.
Last month, . Of the four regions, only is largely controlled by Russian forces.
Almost 83% of those surveyed opposed a Ukrainian withdrawal from regions claimed by Russia.
Russia’s president also demanded that Kyiv relinquish any . Nearly 59% of the population was against enshrining military non-alignment in Ukraine’s constitution, according to the survey.
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