07 March 2019, Thursday, 17:39 227

40.9% Of Pollees Questioned By Sofia Center Stand For Direct Negotiations With Russian Leadership On Peace In Donbas

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

A total of 40.9% of pollees questioned by the Sofia Sociological Surveys Center said a peaceful solution should be achieved through direct negotiations with leaders of Russia and representatives of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk's People's Republic on the ground of a compromise.

Ukrainian News Agency learnt this from results of the poll.

Of those polled, 36.1% said the victory should be achieved through diplomatic and defensive means and 9.7% said they stood for victory through an offensive operations, 8.2% said they stood for freezing the conflict without recognizing the so-called republics.

Of those polled, 5.1% said they were undecided.

The poll was conducted between February 26 and March 4.

A total of 2,018 adult respondents took part in the poll in all regions located on the controlled territory of Ukraine.

The sampling error does not exceed 2.2%.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, a total of 20.3% of pollees questioned by the Sofia Sociological Surveys Center are ready to vote for actor / TV presenter, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, 13.9% for Chairperson of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party, Yulia Tymoshenko, and 13.1% for incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, at the upcoming presidential election.