Survey: 75% of Ukrainians would accept talks with Russia to end the war
A September KMIS poll found that three-quarters of Ukrainians would accept negotiations with Russia to end the war, though sociologists stress this does not equal support for concessions.
Ukraine's Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS) has released results of a September survey showing that 75% of Ukrainians currently would accept holding negotiations with Russia to end the war.
Sociologists caution, however, that this figure should not be interpreted as a sign Ukrainians are willing to make concessions to Russia or accept the conditions Moscow has set for ending the conflict. Openness to talks is distinct from support for specific terms Russia might demand.
What the data shows
The findings indicate that most Ukrainians no longer reject diplomacy outright and are open to negotiations potentially beginning now. This openness, researchers note, does not translate into readiness to accept Russia's stated conditions for a settlement.
KMIS conducts such polling regularly to track Ukrainian public opinion on the course of the war and prospects for its resolution. The source report does not specify further methodological details, sample size, or additional survey questions.
The results point to a possible growing fatigue after years of full-scale war and increasing openness toward a diplomatic process among Ukrainians, even as public opposition to yielding to Russian demands appears to remain firm.
