Poll: Ukrainians against war with Russia

Ukrainians are not willing to declare war with Russia.

Director of the Institute of World Policy Olena Hetmanchuk presented such results of the poll, conducted by TNS Ukraine at the order of the Institute of World Policy within the framework of the project "Audit of Ukraine's foreign policy", at the press conference Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Only 2.2% of respondents support declaring war with Russia. So, we can draw a conclusion that Ukrainians are not willing to declare war with Russia," Hetmanchuk said.

According to her, 8.6% of respondents are in favor of Ukraine’s becoming a bridge of the dialogue between Russia and the West.

The research was conducted on August 16-25, 2016 by online poll among the urban population aged 18-55 years. The poll was conducted on the entire territory of Ukraine, except Crimea. 1,000 respondents participated.

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