Ukrainians have best attitude toward military and veterans, worst toward collaborators and corrupt officials — poll
More than 90% of Ukrainians have a positive attitude toward Armed Forces servicemembers and veterans of the war against Russia, while fewer than 1% express negative attitudes toward them, according to a sociological poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre's sociological service on November 11-18, 2025, and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.
The poll was conducted as part of the project "Ukraine: Socio-political challenges of the transition from war to peace and post-war recovery," implemented with support from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's representation in Ukraine.
Between 70% and 80% of respondents have positive attitudes (7-10 points on a 10-point scale) toward people with special needs and disabilities, toward civilians who have remained in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, and toward low-income people. Between 2% and 3% of respondents expressed negative attitudes (0-3 points on a 10-point scale) toward these groups, while the rest have neutral attitudes (4-6 points on a 10-point scale).
Some 69.3% of respondents have positive attitudes toward internally displaced persons and refugees from occupied and frontline regions, 25% neutral, and 3.4% negative.
An absolute majority (57% to 60%) of respondents also reported positive attitudes toward representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, representatives of women's organizations and associations, representatives of human rights organizations, and representatives of anti-corruption organizations. Negative attitudes toward these groups ranged from 6% to 11%.
A plurality (45% to 50%) of respondents have positive attitudes toward representatives of cultural societies of national minorities, Ukrainian citizens living in temporarily occupied territories, citizens who left abroad after the start of the war and remain there, and representatives of environmental organizations. Between 7% and 11% of respondents expressed negative attitudes toward them, and 33% to 38% neutral.
At the same time, Ukrainians have the worst attitudes toward people accused of aiding Russia and the Russian army (89.8% negative, 2.6% positive, 5.6% neutral), and people accused of corrupt acts (80.8% negative, 6.1% positive, 10.8% neutral).
Some 57.8% of respondents have negative attitudes toward representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), 14.3% positive.
A plurality have negative attitudes toward representatives of sexual minorities (46.7%, 11% positive).
A plurality have neutral attitudes toward people accused of evading military service (35.8%, 35% negative, 20% positive), representatives of pro-government political forces (41.9%, 29.3% negative, 20.8% positive), and representatives of opposition political forces (39.7%, 24.2% negative, 26.1% positive).
The poll was conducted using the face-to-face method in all government-controlled regions of Ukraine where fighting is not taking place, among 2,008 respondents aged 18 and older. The poll used a stratified multistage sample with random selection at the initial stages of sample formation and a quota method for selecting respondents at the final stage, when respondents were selected according to gender and age quotas. The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was conducted as of early 2022 by age, gender and settlement type. The theoretical margin of error does not exceed 2.3%, but additional systematic sample deviations are possible due to the consequences of Russia's aggression.
