87% of Ukrainians imagine Russia is not going to cease at occupied territories, survey finds

A overwhelming majority of Ukrainians imagine that Russia is set to destroy Ukraine and won’t cease on the territories it presently occupies, in accordance with a survey by the Kyiv Worldwide Institute of Sociology (KIIS) revealed on March 11.

The survey comes as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned on March 10 that Ukraine would want to make territorial concessions as a part of any settlement to finish the battle.

In keeping with KIIS, 87% of Ukrainians imagine that Russia intends to proceed its aggression past the presently occupied territories. This perception is constant throughout all areas, with 80% within the east and south and 89-90% within the west and heart agreeing that Moscow is not going to cease on the present entrance line.

Moreover, 66% of respondents mentioned that Russia's final purpose is Ukraine's destruction — 28% imagine Moscow seeks bodily genocide, whereas 38% say it goals to grab most or all of Ukraine's territory and eradicate its statehood and nationwide id.

An additional 14% imagine Russia seeks to occupy all or most of Ukraine and set up a puppet authorities, whereas 7% assume Moscow needs to consolidate management over the partially-occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

The findings align with Russian statements, as Russia's Protection Minister Andrei Belousov mentioned on Dec. 16, 2024, that Moscow goals to seize the whole lot of the 4 Ukrainian oblasts in 2025.

Solely 4% of respondents imagine that Russia goals to take care of management over its present territorial good points, and simply 3% settle for Russia's declare that it needs to "denazify" and demilitarize Ukraine. The remaining 7% have been undecided.

The survey was carried out between Feb. 14 and March 4, with 1,029 respondents aged 18 and older interviewed by phone throughout all Ukrainian government-controlled areas.

The survey outcomes come amid rising considerations that U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a swift finish to the battle might result in a peace deal on unfavorable phrases for Ukraine, probably leaving it weak to future Russian assaults.

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