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The vast majority of Ukrainians – 87% – believe that Russia will not stop at the already occupied territories.
This is according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) from February 14 to March 4, 2025, Ukrinform reports.
According to the survey results, 66% of Ukrainians believe that Russia’s goal is to destroy Ukraine and its people. Specifically, 28% think Russia aims to commit physical genocide of Ukrainians, whereas 38% believe Russia wants to capture all or most of Ukraine and destroy Ukrainian statehood and the nation.
Additionally, 14% believe Russia seeks to occupy all or most of Ukraine and establish a puppet government. Meanwhile, 7% believe Russia’s goal is to seize the entire Donbas, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Thus, 87% of Ukrainians think Russia does not intend to stop at the already occupied territories.
Only 4% believe that Russia only wants to retain its current territorial gains, while 3% chose the option that Russia only seeks to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine. Another 7% were undecided.
In all regions of Ukraine, the absolute majority – from 80% in the east and south to 89-90% in the west and center – believe that Russia will not stop at its current occupation.
Additionally, 70% in the west, 68% in the center, and 62% in the south believe that Russia aims to commit physical genocide or destroy Ukrainian statehood and the nation. Even in the east, 46% share this view.
The survey was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI), based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers. The survey covered all regions of Ukraine under government control and included 1,029 respondents.
The survey was conducted only among adult Ukrainian citizens who, at the time of the survey, resided in government-controlled territories. It did not include residents of Russian-occupied territories (although some respondents were internally displaced persons from those areas) or Ukrainians who fled abroad after February 24, 2022.
The formal statistical margin of error (with a confidence level of 0.95 and a design effect of 1.3) does not exceed 4.1% for figures close to 50%, 3.5% for figures close to 25%, 2.5% for figures close to 10%, and 1.8% for figures close to 5%.
However, due to wartime conditions, additional systematic deviations may apply.
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