- Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
The defense minister’s firing was the catalyst, but polling suggests Ukrainians are rallying around a broader fight for freedoms and against corruption.
Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.
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.
Moscow’s fears that Ukraine was turning towards the west prompted the invasion. This has backfired dramatically.
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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