One in six Ukrainians would like to leave the country as soon as possible

One in six Ukrainians would like to leave Ukraine in the near future, especially men.

This was stated by Oleksii Antypovych, head of the Rating sociological group, in a brief interview with the media.

“Generally speaking, from 14% to 18% in different surveys, depending on the category and the method, gave roughly this answer: if you had the opportunity to leave Ukraine in the near future, would you move abroad permanently? … ‘Yes’ is the answer given by 14% of people aged 18–35. ‘Yes’ is the answer given by around 20% of people aged 18–29. And, in general, older people are somewhat less likely to say so — they are less mobile and less willing to move abroad. Men want to leave more than women because of mobilization issues. Young people more than the older generation. The middle generation somewhat less, but still more than older people,” Antypovych said.

At the same time, according to the statistics, 60% of Ukrainians support ending the war with Russia through reaching a compromise in negotiations.

“Around 60% of Ukrainians say that the best way to resolve the issue of the war in Ukraine is to seek a compromise in negotiations. Around a third say that we either need to win back all our borders or at least return to the lines we had before 2022,” the sociologist said.

As a reminder, according to polls, 40% of Ukrainians are willing to accept the withdrawal of the Ukrainian armed forces from Donbas in order to end the war.

At the same time, nearly two-thirds of Russians support peace negotiations on Ukraine.