Over a half of Ukrainians polled by the Gorshenin Institute (51.6 percent) believe that the Minsk agreements are disadvantageous for Ukraine.
According to the poll, 28.2 percent of Ukrainians see the deal as useful and 20.2 percent are undecided.
An overwhelming majority of Ukrainians (80.5 percent) say they are familiar with the Minsk agreements; 18.6 percent have no knowledge of them, and 0.9 percent are uncertain.
Some 45.9 percent of respondents claim that the Russian authorities bear a lion’s share of responsibility for the non-fulfillment of the Minsk agreements. A total of 17.1 percent pointed the finger at Russian-separatist forces, and 14.7 percent argued that the Minsk deal was marred by the Ukrainian authorities.
Speaking of the OSCE mission to Donbas, 46.9 percent of respondents expressed negative opinions of various degree, while 35.6 percent were positive about the mission, and 17.5 percent couldn’t assess its work.
Over half of respondents (51.2 percent) objected the idea to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments, as envisaged by the Minsk agreements, while 35.9 percent supported it. Most of Ukrainians said they would vote against constitutional and legislative amendments if the referendum took place.
Over 60 percent of Ukrainians are against amnesty for Russian-separatist forces. “Ukrainians are not ready to see Donetsk People’s Republic/Luhansk People’s Republic representatives in the Verkhovna Rada (68.6 percent against), as well as in local self-government bodies (55.7 percent against),” the poll said.
Ukrainians support decentralization – 62.4 percent of respondents support the reform to various extend.
As to the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine’s east, 34.1 percent of respondents said the Ukrainian army should restore control of the entire Ukrainian territory by military means; 24.2 percent favored a special status of certain Donbas districts in line with the Minsk agreements; 11.5 percent were consent with a frozen conflict; 9.2 percent wanted the occupied territories to be transferred to Russia, while 21 percent were hesitant.
Over half of respondents (55.2 percent) claimed that the Donbas conflict did not affect them or their families directly. Some 42.8 percent of respondents said they had family members, friends or acquaintances involved in the hostilities.
The Gorshenin Institute conducted the nation-wide sociological poll, ‘Sociopolitical Sentiments in the Ukrainian Population’, in the period from Feb. 8 to 17, 2016.
A total of 2,000 respondents older than 18 were polled in all regions of Ukraine (excluding certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts).
