KYIV. Feb 18 (Interfax) - A majority of Ukrainians, or 62.5%, do not believe in the possibility of a largescale Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a poll conducted by the Gorshenin Institute from February 2-14.
"Most Ukrainians, or 62.5%, believe there will be no largescale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. Out of that number, 33.3% believe the Russian invasion is unlikely to happen, and 29.2% are positive there will be no invasion. In the opinion of 20.4%, there will be a largescale Russian invasion of Ukraine (16.0% believe it is likely and 4.4% are positive it will happen)," the report published on the LB.ua web portal on Thursday said.
Most respondents, or 53.4%, think that the Ukrainian army is capable of protecting Ukraine from a military aggression, and 33.4% of respondents disagree.
A vast majority of respondents, or 71.3%, has no confidence in the Ukrainian army, and 71.7% believe that the combat capacities of the Ukrainian army have slightly improved in recent years. Nearly half of the respondents, or 47.4%, say there might have been an improvement, and 24.3% are sure about that. Only 16.3% believe that the combat capacities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have deteriorated in recent years (11.6% of respondents say this is possible, and 4.7% have no doubt about that).
Nearly half of respondents, or 46.9%, positively assess the diplomatic efforts of the Ukrainian administration aimed at preventing a possible Russian invasion, and 39.8% have a negative opinion.
The authorities' effort to enhance national defense capacity is approved of by 52.9% and disapproved of by 33.2%.
The Gorshenin Institute polled 2,000 respondents aged 18 and up across Ukraine in face-to-face interviews conducted at home from February 2 to 14, 2022.