The defense minister’s firing was the catalyst, but polling suggests Ukrainians are rallying around a broader fight for freedoms and against corruption.
- Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.
More than 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnian war. But the peace that ended it in 1995 sowed the seeds for ethnonationalism.
Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.
More Ukrainians are willing to negotiate for peace now than in the early stages of the conflict − but clear red lines remain for the public.
Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea.
As war drags on, more Ukrainians say that they are prepared to negotiate – but the majority still reject any deal with Russia.
Moscow’s fears that Ukraine was turning towards the west prompted the invasion. This has backfired dramatically.
An overwhelming majority of Ukrainians are not willing to negotiate over the territorial integrity of the country, even if it means peace.
Survey shows that Ukrainians’ attitudes about a peace settlement and any territorial concessions to the Russians differs dependng on their experience of war.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But what do the people who live there want?
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