Some 90.3% of Ukrainians interviewed as part of an all-Ukrainian online survey are confident that Ukraine will defeat Russian invaders.
Asked "How confident are you about Ukraine's victory in the war against Russia?" after 100 days since the full-scale invasion, 70.7% said they are "absolutely confident", 19.6% said they are "rather confident", 3.6% chose "rather unconvinced" and "absolutely unconvinced", and 6.1% chose "difficult to answer".
Asked how long it is going to take Ukraine to win, 20.4% said "several months"; 35.5% give it "half a year or a year", while 16.9% expect the war to last longer than a year.
Only 1.7% do not believe in Ukraine's victory.
Also, 5% of respondents said they wanted to leave Ukraine "until the end of hostilities". Asked "Would you personally like to leave Ukraine now?", nearly 7% chose "Yes, for long-term or permanent residence". There were 13.6% of respondents said it was "difficult to answer".
Most respondents (nearly 75%) answered in the negative to this question.
"The wish to remain in Ukraine despite the existing danger and emotional tension is quite understandable as people believe in victory. Besides, staying, fighting and working is a very responsible positions, and Ukrainians are a responsible and goal-oriented nation. Yes, it is difficult to live and work in the country at the moment, and we all are very well aware of this. Yes, after the three months of russia's full-scale invasion of our state and never-ending hostilities, people feel emotionally exhausted to a certain extent. This concerns both people who stayed in the country and those who went abroad. However, I have no doubt that we will get through this difficult period," an adviser to the head of the presidential office, Mykhaylo Podolyak, commented on findings of the survey.
The survey covered all regions of Ukraine, except for temporarily occupied territories. It was carried out voluntarily by the Vlasna Dumka (Personal Opinion) research panel with the support from the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the initiative of the presidential office.