Washington (AP) – Later Over 3 years of warUkrainians are increasingly eager to reconciliation to end the fight against Russian invasion. New Gallup vote Published on Thursday – only about a quarter of the Ukrainians surveyed hope that their guns will remain silent within the next 12 months.
The enthusiasm for the negotiated deal is a sharp turnaround from 2022 when the war began, when Gallup discovered that about three-quarters of the Ukrainians wanted to continue fighting until victory. Currently, that view is held only about a quarter as it supports continuing the war in all regions and demographic groups.
The survey results were based on a sample of over 1,000 respondents over 15 years of age living in Ukraine. Several regions under Russian control, which account for around 10% of the population, have been excluded from surveys conducted since 2022 due to lack of access.
Russia has not been merciless since the start of the full-scale war The excitement of urban areas More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians were killed behind the frontline, according to the United Nations. At the front line of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from northeast to southeast Ukraine, tens of thousands of troops on each side have been killed, leading to the larger Russian army. Capture more land slowly.
The vote came out the night before President Donald Trump’s Friday Russia will stop killings Or face heavy economic sanctions.
A new Gallup survey conducted in early July shows that around seven in 10 Ukrainians should try to negotiate a settlement as soon as possible. Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin last month, but his overture was rejected. Russia is sticking to its demandsand the sides remain far away.
Most Ukrainians do not expect lasting peace anytime soon, polls found. Only about a quarter say that aggressive battles are likely to end within the next 12 months, but about seven in 10 think that aggressive battles are unlikely to end next year.
Locals are looking at residential homes destroyed by Russian airstrikes in Kramatrsk, Ukraine on Thursday, July 31, 2025 (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)
US approval, Germany approval rises
According to Gallup, Ukrainian views on the US government have been cratered over the past few years, but positive views on German leaders have risen.
Three years ago, about two-thirds of Ukrainians approved US leadership. It fell to 16% in the latest poll, reflecting new tensions between the two countries since Trump took office in January.
But while last year’s dip was pretty good, US leadership approval was 40% in 2024, the positive views of US leadership had already declined before Trump took office. Resentment The prominent Republican politician has shown towards billions of dollars in US support for Ukraine.
Germany has become more popular among Ukrainians over the past few years, rising to 63% approval in new polls.
People say their final farewell to 12 Ukrainian soldiers who died as Russian prisoners at a funeral in central Lviv, Ukraine on Friday, July 25th, 2025 (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)
Hope for NATO, acceptance of the EU has declined
Ukrainians are far less optimistic that their country will be accepted by NATO or the European Union in the next decade than they have been a few years ago.
A new poll shows that about a third of Ukrainians expect Ukraine to be accepted by NATO within the next 10 years, but about a quarter thinks it will take at least 10 years, and a third thinks it will never happen.
That has decreased since 2022. About two-thirds of Ukrainians thought that NATO would happen over the next decade, and only one in ten thought that it would never happen.
Hope for acceptance into the EU is high, but it has fallen again. Approximately half of Ukrainians, 52%, expect to become part of the EU within the next 10 years, down from 73% in 2022.
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Hutton was reported from Lisbon, Portugal.
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