Survey: 54% of Ukrainians oppose compromises with CADLR, 43% believe in return of Crimea

This is evidenced by the results of the nationwide sociological survey "Authorities, society, media: who do Ukrainians think can cope with the armed conflict" presented at the President's Office on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to the survey, 80.7% of respondents answered "yes" to the question: "Do you think that the armed conflict with Russia is ongoing in Ukraine?", 14.5% of respondents answered "no".

At the same time, when asked "Where do you think this armed conflict is taking place?", 51.5% of respondents said, "In Donetsk and Luhansk regions", and 44.4% added Crimea to these regions.

Moreover, 72.3% of respondents agreed with the statement that the occupation of Crimea and the conflict in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (CADLR) are part of one armed conflict, while 5.4% disagreed.

According to the survey results, 67.2% of Ukrainians believe that the end of the armed conflict in CADLR depends on Russia, 35.6% – on Ukraine, 16.8% – on the United States, 14% – on Europe. At the same time, 64.5% of respondents believe that the end of the occupation of Crimea depends on Russia, 30.9% – on Ukraine, 14% – on the United States, and 11.7% – on Europe.

In addition, 54% of respondents say that Ukraine should not make any compromises in order to end the conflict in CADLR, 13% say that the territory of CADLR should be given autonomy within Ukraine.

At the same time, more than 51% of respondents consider it possible to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty over CADLR, more than 43% of respondents – over Crimea.

The survey was conducted in March-April 2021 by the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research on behalf of the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, ZMINA Human Rights Center and with the support of UNDP. The survey was conducted in all regions of Ukraine and covered 10,000 respondents (45.2% men and 54.8% women).

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