The press release was prepared by Anton Hrushetskyi, executive director of KIIS

During February 14-24, 2025, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion survey "Omnibus", to which, at the request of the public organization Center for Strategic Communications "Forum", a question was added regarding how respondents feel about the current government. By the method of telephone interviews (computer-assistedtelephoneinterviews, CATI) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers (with random generation of phone numbers and subsequent statistical weighting) in all regions of Ukraine (the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine), 1,000 respondents were surveyed. The survey was conducted with adult (aged 18 and older) citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, lived in the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Government of Ukraine. The sample did not include residents of territories temporarily not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities (at the same time, some of the respondents are IDPs who moved from the occupied territories), and the survey was not conducted with citizens who left abroad after February 24, 2022.

Formally, under normal circumstances, the statistical error of such a sample (with a probability of 0.95 and taking into account the design effect of 1.3) did not exceed 4.1% for indicators close to 50%, 3.5% for indicators close to 25%, 2.5% for indicators close to 10%, 1.8% for indicators close to 5%.

Under the conditions of war, in addition to the specified formal error, a certain systematic deviation is added. Factors that may affect the quality of results in "wartime" conditions were previously cited by KIIS.

In general, we believe that the obtained results are still highly representative and allow a fairly reliable analysis of the public moods of the population.

During the survey, respondents were asked what they currently feel about the current government. At the same time, a list of 12 feelings/emotions was read to the respondents, from which we asked respondents to choose up to 3 answers (or the respondent could name his own option).

As can be seen in the graph below, most respondents spoke of disappointment (32% among all respondents) and hope (28%). This is followed by such responses as shame (17%), anger (16%), compassion (15%), pride (13%), hatred (11%).

Relatively the fewest respondents spoke about fear (8%), gratitude (8%), indifference (6%), sympathy (6%) and laughter (4%).

Graph 1. What do you mostly feel about the current government in Ukraine? Choose up to 3 answers.

In the table below, the data are given in the regional dimension[1]. The situation is quite similar in all regions (in particular, in all regions the top 2 answers are disappointment and hope).

Table 1. What do Ukrainians feel now about the current government in the regional dimension

The graph below shows the data in terms of whether respondents trust V. Zelenskyi or not. Among those who do not trust V. Zelenskyi, critical/negative emotions clearly prevail (in particular, 55% speak of disappointment, and 35% even anger).

At the same time, among those who trust V. Zelenskyi, the spectrum of feelings/emotions, although biased towards positive ones, is quite diverse (for example, on the one hand, 41% speak of hope, 22% of sympathy, 19% of pride, but every fifth (21%) speaks of disappointment). That is, some Ukrainians have a differentiated attitude towards the “current government of Ukraine” and “President V. Zelenskyi”.

Graph 2. What do you mostly feel about the current government in Ukraine? Choose up to 3 answers.

A. Hrushetskyi, comments on the survey results:

The survey was conducted against the backdrop of worsening relations between Ukraine and the United States, and according to some indicators, we see more unity in society, in particular in the issue of attitude towards the government. However, the level of unity around the government, of course, does not reach the level that Ukrainians demonstrated immediately after the full-scale invasion in 2022. As the results of this survey show, we see a motley spectrum of emotions/feelings towards the current government - to a fairly significant extent, both clearly negative and clearly positive emotions/feelings are present (most likely, any social media user recognizes the diversity of opinions they encounter).

At the same time, in the first half of 2023, the majority of Ukrainians would like to see a renewal of power[2]. Further surveys also showed interest in a reboot of power. A diverse range of feelings/emotions (with a noticeable representation of negative ones) only confirms that there is a demand for something new (or at least a release of steam). However – and this is a fundamental point that the majority of Ukrainians emphasize – only after the end of the war. And on this issue, fortunately, we have a consensus – the population of Ukraine, both representatives of the government and leaders of the main opposition forces demonstrate high responsibility and say that elections should be held after the war under proper security conditions.

Annex 1. Formulation of questions from the questionnaire

What do you mostly feel about the current government in Ukraine? Choose up to 3 answers.

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