Poll: support for aid to Ukraine in Western countries is mixed, trust in Zelenskyy is falling
Overall, among the countries surveyed, trust in the Ukrainian president remained at 40%
Support for NATO in the 13 member states surveyed remains high, with an average of 63% of respondents saying they have a "positive opinion" of the military alliance, according to a poll released by the Pew Research Center on 2 July, cited by kyivindependent.com.
The poll also showed that trust in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 35 NATO member states and other countries surveyed has fallen in many countries, including Poland, which has seen a 22-point drop since 2023 (from 70% to 48%).
Hungary has the highest number of respondents among European countries who do not trust Zelenskyy – 83%.
Overall, among the countries surveyed, trust in Zelenskyy remained at 40%. In many countries, the figure remained high, for example, in Sweden – at 80%.
In some countries, the decline was relatively small – in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and France – by seven points.
Among the countries surveyed, Poland also had the highest number of respondents who said they had a positive attitude towards NATO (91%), while Greece had the lowest number (37%).
Overall, the survey found a decline in support for NATO since 2023 in 13 countries, except for Hungary and Canada, which saw an increase of 8% and 1%, respectively.
Views on aid to Ukraine were largely divided, especially in the case of Poland, where 44% of respondents said Warsaw provides too much aid to Kyiv, 45% said the amount of aid is right, and 6% said it is not enough.
In the United States, 31% of respondents said the level of support for Ukraine was too high, while 24% said it was insufficient.
At the same time, the consensus on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Russia in general in 35 countries remains negative: 65% of respondents said they have a negative opinion of Russia, and 73% believe that Putin will not do anything right in international politics.
Background. As a reminder, today it became known that NATO member states have agreed to allocate 40 billion euros for military assistance to Ukraine. It is expected that the document on the allocation of the relevant support will be signed at the summit in Washington on 9-11 July.
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