By KYIV. Nov 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Some 80.3% of Ukrainians consider Russia’s actions in Ukraine after a full-scale invasion to be genocide, according to a study by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation along with the Operational Sociology company.
In particular, when asked whether respondents consider Russia’s actions in Ukraine after a full-scale invasion to be a genocide of Ukrainians, some 80.3% believe that this is clearly genocide, some 12.4% consider it war crimes with signs of genocide, some 4.2% assess the crimes should be given after the end of the war, some 0.8% – do not think so, some 0.2% – other, and 2.1% did not answer.
The sociological study “Knowledge of Ukrainian citizens about the country’s history, attitude towards events and figures of history and state policy in the field of restoration and preservation of national memory” was carried out by order of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory in July-August 2023. Some 1,875 respondents were surveyed. The statistical error does not exceed 2.26%.
