Poll in Russia shows high public support for war against Ukraine, ISW reports

Yahoo

07-02-2025

Despite mounting economic hardship and military setbacks, a Russian state poll claims that most of the population supports the war against Ukraine. However, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) question the reliability of these findings.
Source: ISW
Details: ISW analysts report that according to a poll conducted by the Kremlin-controlled Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), 67% of Russians support the war against Ukraine, while 65% believe that the fighting is "going well" for Russia.
VCIOM's Political Research Director, Mikhail Mamonov, stated that the public wants a swift and favourable end to the war and supports measures to achieve it. However, he acknowledged growing frustration over military setbacks, particularly the Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, the slow progress of Russian troops in Ukraine and economic hardship.
Quote: "VCIOM's findings likely reflect Kremlin views and narratives and likely inflate the level of public support for the war, however. These results come amid rising casualties, Russian command controversies and immense economic strain on the Russian economy during the war."Ukrainian forces launched a new series of battalion-sized mechanised assaults in Kursk Oblast and advanced up to five kilometres behind Russian lines southeast of Sudzha, Kursk Oblast on 6 February.
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