Only 3% of Ukrainians have positive attitude towards Russia, 10% consider Russian 'peace plan' acceptable – study

Only 3% of Ukrainians have a good attitude towards the Russian Federation, AND another 5% have a good attitude towards the residents of the aggressor state despite their bad attitude towards the state itself, according to a report by Vadym Denysenko and Yuriy Vyshnevsky, prepared by the Dilova Stolytsia analytical center and presented at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Friday.

The report was prepared based on the results of a number of sociological surveys conducted in Ukraine over the past 12 months.

According to the data presented, 2% of respondents easily agree with the Russian Federation's "peace plan," WHILE another 8% consider it difficult, but generally acceptable.

In addition, it is noted that only 3% of respondents would vote in the elections for the former adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, Alexei Arestovich, People's Deputy, head of the deputy group "Platform for Life and Peace" Yuri Boyko, as well as the former People's Deputy, leader of the banned party "Nashi" Yevgeny Murayev. Another 12% expressed their trust in them, but stated that they would not vote for them.

A total of 10.2% of respondents oppose the ban on the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, but only 2.8% stated that they belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), WHILE the rest claim that they do not.

The categories of respondents based on their attitude to the Kremlin's demands, attitude to the Russian Federation and the Russian Orthodox Church overlap only partially: for example, those who can accept the Russian Federation's "peace plan" do not necessarily have a good attitude towards the residents of the Russian Federation or oppose the ban on the Russian Orthodox Church. According to the speakers, the Kremlin will try to create such political projects in Ukraine that would be attractive to all people who share narratives beneficial to the Russian Federation.

However, even in the event of success in the elections, their maximum is ONLY 15%.

"Now the Russians are not so much promoting their agenda as acting as resonators of painful topics, most of which are indeed in the mass consciousness of Ukrainians. At the same time, the presentation of these resonant topics and accents (frequent hyperbolization of the problem) are part of this very psychological operation (IPSO)," the report says, adding that in conditions of war, a sign of information loyalty to the strategic interests of the Russian Federation is no longer the direct promotion of pro-Kremlin theses.

“Messages can be presented in Ukrainian, in the format of supposedly constructive criticism, using symbolism, vocabulary and a visual code focused on the Ukrainian national-conscious environment. However, upon careful analysis, such statements resonate with the strategic goals of the Russian Federation, in particular: delegitimization of the Ukrainian authorities, undermining trust in the Ukrainian Defense Forces, forming perceptions of the weakness of the state apparatus, disbelief in victory, fragmentation of the unity of society," the report says.