Around half of the Ukrainian public believes that Russia is responsible for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, according to a July poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and by the Razumkov Centre.
According to the poll, some 49 percent of respondents blame Russia for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. One-third of the country believes that responsibility is shared by Ukraine and Russia.
All in all, 9 percent of Ukrainians say that Ukraine is responsible for the conflict.
Regionally, the figures are as follows: if in the western and central part of the country most of the population believes that Russia is responsible for the conflict (67 percent and 62 percent respectively), while in other regions public opinion is somewhat different. Thus, in the south half of the country the inhabitants (51 percent) believe that both countries are equally responsible for the conflict. In the east, public opinion is almost equal between those who blame Russia for the conflict (37 percent) and those who believe Russia shares responsibility between Ukraine and Russia (39 percent). In the liberated part of Donbas, some 41 percent of residents believe that both countries are responsible for the armed conflict, 24 percent say that responsibility lays primarily on Russia, while 18 percent are convinced that Ukraine is responsible.
