Almost three-quarters of Ukrainians are ready for peace with a frozen front and security guarantees - poll
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A KIIS poll showed that 72% of Ukrainians are ready for peace with a frozen front and security guarantees. Most Ukrainians reject the Russian peace plan and are ready to endure the war for as long as necessary.
Almost three-quarters (72%) of Ukrainians are ready for peace with a frozen front and security guarantees - the same number oppose peace without guarantees. This is reported by UNN with reference to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Details
The survey was conducted from November 26 to December 13, 2025. It involved 547 respondents aged 18 and older - this survey took place in all regions controlled by the government of Ukraine.
The conditional plan of Ukraine and Europe looks like this:
- Ukraine receives reliable security guarantees from Europe and the USA, which include a stable supply of weapons and money to Ukraine in sufficient quantities, as well as closing the Ukrainian sky from Russian attacks;
- The current front line is frozen, Russia retains control over the occupied territories, but Ukraine and the world do not officially recognize this;
- Ukraine is moving towards EU membership;
- Sanctions against Russia remain until a lasting peace is established and the threats of a repeated attack from Russia disappear;
The conditional Russian plan looks like this:
- The US and Europe lift all sanctions against Russia;
- The Russian language receives official status;
- Ukraine must significantly reduce its army and limit its armaments;
- Ukraine permanently renounces NATO membership, and the West can no longer supply weapons to Ukraine;
- Russia has the right to determine what the security guarantees for Ukraine will be, and will be one of the guarantor countries of Ukraine's security;
- Ukraine withdraws troops from the part of the Donetsk region it currently controls, i.e., from Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, and other cities;
- Ukraine officially recognizes Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions as part of Russia and permanently renounces them;
- Russia retains control over the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions;
According to the survey, 75% of respondents reject a plan that would, among other things, include the withdrawal of troops from Donbas, restrictions on the Ukrainian army, and at the same time contain no specific security guarantees.
Only 9% of Ukrainians expect the war to end by early 2026, and only 14% expect it to end at least in the first half of 2026. At the same time, 63% of Ukrainians are ready to endure the war for as long as necessary (it was 62% in September).
49% trust the EU, 23% do not trust it (almost unchanged compared to December 2024). At the same time, from December 2024 to December 2025, trust in the US decreased from 41% to 21%, and in NATO - from 43% to 34%.
61% of Ukrainians trust President V. Zelensky, 32% do not trust him (at the beginning of October, 60% trusted him, 35% did not).
Only 9% of Ukrainians want elections to be held as soon as possible, even before the end of hostilities.
At the same time, 57% believe that the main reason for electricity outages is Russian shelling, from which it is impossible to fully protect oneself. 29% blame primarily the Ukrainian authorities, who, in their opinion, were not properly prepared. Another 8% believe that the main reason is insufficient support from Western partners.
