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Almost half of Ukrainians ready to support autonomy for Russia-occupied areas of Donbas within Ukraine – survey

KYIV. June 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Almost half of Ukrainians are ready to support the decision on granting autonomy within Ukraine to Russia-occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for the cessation of hostilities and the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas, according to a survey conducted from June 13 to June 21 by the Oleksandr Yaremenko Ukrainian Institute for Social Research and the Social Monitoring Center.

Some 49.5% of respondents said they would support autonomy (29.1% said they could support autonomy and 20.4% saying they definitely would support autonomy).

Some 30.7% of respondents said they would not support autonomy (definitely not – 17.5%, probably not – 13.2%, with 19.8% having trouble answering the question.

Some 3,000 people over the age of 18 took part in the survey. The margin of error is +/- 1.8%.

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