About 94% of Ukrainians still believe their country will win in the conflict with Russia, though that is down from 97% in April 2022. Only 68% are convinced that Kiev will manage to win back all the territory it claims – the “1991 borders,” i.e. all the regions that have voted to join Russia, including Crimea.
The survey was carried out by the polling agency Rating, on behalf of the IRI’s Center for Insights in Survey Research. It relied on a representative sample of 2,000 adult Ukrainians and was funded by a grant from USAID.
Meanwhile, an Economist/YouGov survey published on Wednesday showed Zelensky as more popular among Americans than either President Joe Biden or his predecessor and likely 2024 challenger Donald Trump. Half of the surveyed Americans regarded the Ukrainian leader favorably and 24% unfavorably. Trump and Biden each got only 42% approval, with 55% disliking the current US president and 54% the previous one.
Isn’t this what happens when you deprive people of facts? They come to believe things that are not true. People in the west, and people in Kiev, are led to believe that the AFU is winning.
They’re living in a parallel universe!
I don’t see how the content of the news item text justifies the Headline.
Please help explain this (apparent to me) disconnect.
Thank-you!
If anyone looks at facts rather than propaganda, the lines on the maps show that Ukraine is losing, losing, losing. And the Ukrainians should know better than anyone else how many new cemeteries they have. It’s the triumph of hope over facts.