Ukrainians don't believe that fulfillment of Minsk agreements will lead to peace in Donbas - poll
KYIV. Oct 5 (Interfax) - Almost two-thirds of Ukrainians said they doubt that the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements will help bring peace to Donbas, a public opinion poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on September 17-27 shows.
According to the poll, 26.9% of the respondents believe the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements will help bring peace to Donbas, 60.7% do not believe in it and 12.3% were undecided.
A total of 0.7% of the respondents believe that the Minsk agreements are being fulfilled in full or virtually in full, 20% believe they are generally being fulfilled, 42.1% believe they are generally not being fulfilled and 28.8% believe they are not being fulfilled at all. A total of 8.3% of the respondents are undecided.
A total of 63.5% of the respondents agree with the allegation that "the Russian administration will not promote the full observance of the Minsk agreements," and 17.4% disagree with it
A total of 19.5% of the respondents said they want the negotiations in the "Normandy format" (involving Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France) to continue; 33.6% said they believe there is a need to begin direct negotiations in a new format involving the U.S., the EU, some European countries (Germany, France, Poland) and Russia, and 20.8% of the respondents said there is a need to begin direct negotiations between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia without any international participants. A total of 11.7% of the respondents call for direct negotiations between the leaders of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donbas republics without international participants, and 13.4% were undecided.
The poll was conducted in all the regions of Ukraine. It surveyed 2,041 people older than 18.
