A total of 73% of respondents are in favor of the idea of restoring nuclear weapons. Do not support – 20%.
Ukrainians generally support the restoration of nuclear weapons, which Ukraine abandoned 30 years ago under the Budapest Memorandum. This is confirmed by survey data from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
Sociologists have developed three different questions about the restoration of nuclear weapons: without additional positive or negative information; subject to the loss of support and the introduction of sanctions from the West; with the loss of Western support, but on the condition that Ukraine has enough resources to stay until nuclear weapons are developed.
A total of 73% favor the idea of restoring nuclear weapons. 20% do not support (and another 7% have an unclear view).
In the event of the loss of support and sanctions from the West, favorable attitudes towards the restoration of nuclear weapons decrease to 46%, and the share of those who will not support such an initiative increases to 44% (and the remaining 10% is uncertain.view).
However, if Ukraine has enough resources to stay until it receives nuclear weapons, then 58% are willing to lose Western support in order to get nuclear weapons. 33% would not support the decision to acquire nuclear weapons in this situation (and the remaining 8% have undecided views).
Sociologists recall that in mid-1994, 50% of Ukrainians believed that Ukraine should be a nuclear-free state, and 30% were in favor of possessing nuclear weapons. The remaining 20% have uncertain views.
The survey was conducted on December 2-17 among 2,000 respondents in the controlled territories of Ukraine.
Let’s remember that in Russia the share of supporters of nuclear escalation in the war against Ukraine has increased. The use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine is considered acceptable by 39% of Russians.
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