Poll: Less than quarter of Ukrainians believe war will end in 2026
Less than a quarter of Ukrainians believe that the russian-Ukrainian war will end in 2026. At the same time, a third of the population believes that the end should be expected no earlier than in 2027.
This is according to the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Respondents were asked when, in their opinion, the war between Ukraine and the aggressor country russia should end. Only 9% of respondents believe that the war will end by the end of this year or in early 2026. Another 14% of respondents believe that this may happen in the first half of 2026.
Almost a third (32%) of respondents believe that the war will end in 2027 or even later. Another 11% of Ukrainians expect it to end in the second half of 2026.
Compared to the results of a similar survey conducted in September this year, the share of those who believe in the end of the war in 2025 or early 2026 has decreased.
Respondents were also asked how much longer they were willing to endure the war. Almost two-thirds of respondents (63%) answered "As long as it takes". One percent (1%) are ready to endure the war for another year.
15% of respondents said they were ready to endure the war for several months to six months. 21% of respondents could not answer the question.
The KIIS survey was conducted from November 26 to December 13 by telephone interviews (CATI). It involved 547 respondents aged 18 and older who were living in Ukraine at the time of the survey. There were no respondents who left the country after February 24, 2022.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the day before, Reuters wrote, that at talks in Berlin, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine was ready to refuse to join NATO, but only if the country was provided with clear security guarantees.
On Saturday, December 13, Axios reported, citing its own sources, that the United States is allegedly ready to provide Ukraine with guarantees that are similar to NATO's Article 5.