🇺🇦 Most Ukrainians are ready to take to the streets in protest over unacceptable concessions to Russia

More than half of Ukrainians (51.4%) say they are willing to participate in protest actions if Ukraine makes, in their opinion, unacceptable concessions during potential negotiations with Russia. This is according to a survey conducted by Info Sapiens on behalf of the “New Europe” Center.

Source: Bukvy

At the same time, 44.3% of respondents are not willing to join protests, and 4.4% are undecided.

As noted, Ukrainian society maintains the demand for security guarantees as a prerequisite for any negotiations.

64.9% believe that Ukraine should not start a dialogue with Russia without security guarantees from Western partners. This figure has remained almost unchanged since 2024 (64.1%).

At the same time, 30.7% allow for the possibility of negotiations even without such guarantees.

Distrust of a “frozen” front scenario

86.7% of Ukrainians are convinced that freezing the front line will not stop Russia from a new attack — most expect a renewed offensive after a short pause. Only 9.5% of respondents believe that freezing could ensure a longer-lasting peace.

Respondents also reject key compromises that Russia traditionally puts forward as conditions for negotiations. The highest levels of rejection are for the following positions:

• Legal recognition of the occupied territories by Russia — 84.5%,
• Reduction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — 83.3%,
• Granting the Russian language the status of a state language — 78.4%.

There is a noticeable trend of a gradual decrease in the share of Ukrainians who categorically reject the possibility of abandoning NATO membership. This year, 41.1% of respondents consider such an option completely unacceptable, compared to 48.7% last year and 56.9% two years ago.

At the same time, attitudes toward EU membership remain stricter: 51% of respondents stated that abandoning European integration is impossible. This figure even exceeds last year’s result (50.7%).

Meanwhile, the share of respondents who categorically reject other possible concessions is decreasing. In particular, the proportion of those opposed to reducing the amount of reparations from Russia decreased (58.7% compared to 62.2% last year), opposed to abandoning criminal prosecution of Russian leadership and war criminals (65% compared to 68.4%), and opposed to lifting sanctions (64.1% compared to 64.8%).

The survey was conducted from November 5 to 26, 2025, with 1,000 respondents participating.