Seventy-one percent of Ukrainians consider Russia an aggressor

According to Ukrinform, this is evidenced by the results of the poll conducted by the Rating sociological group.

Meanwhile, 22% of Ukrainians hold the opposite opinion. "Most of these people live in eastern regions and vote for the parties of Shariy and Murayev, as well as the Opposition Platform - for Life," sociologists said.

Also, 68% of respondents believe that Ukraine should use all opportunities to return Crimea to Ukraine, while 21% are ready to accept the transition of the peninsula under Russian control.

At the same time, sociologists stated that the number of supporters of Crimea’s return to Ukraine had been gradually increasing since 2014.

In addition, according to the poll results, 45% of respondents support the initiative to resume water supply to the temporarily occupied Crimea, 48% - do not support it.

The poll was conducted on March 23-24 among 2,500 respondents aged 18 and over in all regions of Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas, via Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing.

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