Some 48% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should move towards joining the European Union, 13% are supporters of integration into the Eurasian Economic Union with the Russian Federation, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, and 30% do not want to join any of the unions, according to the survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and released on Dec. 21.
Supporters of European integration, according to the survey, are mostly in the west and in the center of the country (72% and 52%, respectively). In the south of Ukraine, European integration is supported by about the same amount as not joining any unions (36% and 33%, respectively), but rapprochement with the Russian Federation is supported by 23%. In the east, a relatively large majority of 40% do not support any alliances, while 24% and 26% of respondents are in favor of integration with the EU and the Russian Federation, respectively.
42% of Ukrainians are in favor of Ukraine joining NATO, a military alliance with the Russian Federation is supported by 11% of respondents and a non-aligned status – 34% of respondents.
The nationwide survey was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) from Dec. 5-13 r 2020 in all regions of Ukraine except Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 2,004 respondents were interviewed by the method of personal interview, the sampling error does not exceed 3.3%.
