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Sociologists noted that the level of trust in the actions of the Ukrainian president fell from 36% to 32% between November 2021 and February 2022. However, this figure reached 86% at the end of May 2023.
According to KIIS experts, this represents an immense amount of trust in the president in his military role, and highlight the following trends:
The “rally around the flag” effect increases short-run popular support of political leaders during periods of international crisis or war. As a result, a trend of disapproval of presidential actions and a decrease in trust were strong up to the middle of February 2022. These figures reversed themselves following the full-scale invasion. Currently, Zelenskyy is seen as “the right man for the job” by a majority of Ukrainian citizens, and serves as one of the foremost symbols of Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression.
Zelenskyy shares this high level of trust with Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi. Despite Russian propaganda efforts and the short-sighted position of some Ukrainians, this pair is believed to be a well-coordinated team, according to the poll.
KIIS conducted the poll by phone from May 26–June 5. A total of 1,029 Ukrainians were interviewed. The sampling does not include residents of the occupied territories and those who fled Ukraine after Feb. 24, 2022.
One might add, that Zelensky is lauded around the civilized world as a great leader while Putin is reviled around the civilized world as an enemy of civilization.
According to KIIS experts, this represents an immense amount of trust in the president in his military role, and highlight the following trends:
The “rally around the flag” effect increases short-run popular support of political leaders during periods of international crisis or war. As a result, a trend of disapproval of presidential actions and a decrease in trust were strong up to the middle of February 2022. These figures reversed themselves following the full-scale invasion. Currently, Zelenskyy is seen as “the right man for the job” by a majority of Ukrainian citizens, and serves as one of the foremost symbols of Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression.
Zelenskyy shares this high level of trust with Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi. Despite Russian propaganda efforts and the short-sighted position of some Ukrainians, this pair is believed to be a well-coordinated team, according to the poll.
KIIS conducted the poll by phone from May 26–June 5. A total of 1,029 Ukrainians were interviewed. The sampling does not include residents of the occupied territories and those who fled Ukraine after Feb. 24, 2022.
One might add, that Zelensky is lauded around the civilized world as a great leader while Putin is reviled around the civilized world as an enemy of civilization.
