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Valeriy Zaluzhny, Mykhailo Fedorov, and Kyrylo Budanov topped the trust rating among Ukrainians according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS). Volodymyr Zelensky placed fourth. The survey was conducted 16–31 in July.
- V. Zelensky also maintains high trust levels, but our other surveys show that most would like someone else to hold the presidency after the war. That is, at present he has enough trust to remain legitimate in the eyes of Ukrainian society as head of state, but this does not negate the desire to refresh the political elites in peacetime, — commented KMIS executive director Anton Hrushetsky.
The highest trust scores are for the UK ambassador, former Joint Forces Commander Valeriy Zaluzhny (66% trust, 24% do not trust, balance – +42%), former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov (63% trust, 16% do not trust, balance – +46%), and the head of the President's Office, former head of intelligence Kyrylo Budanov (61% trust, 22% do not trust, balance – +39%). Zelensky is trusted by 56%, not trusted by 38%, balance – +18%.
Following are Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov (47% trust, 19% do not trust, balance – +29%) and Third Army Corps Commander Andriy Bilousky (37% trust, 13% do not trust, balance – +24%). Moreover, in both cases many do not know them (23% of people know Terekhov and 40% know Bilousky).
Other figures have worse trust figures, and notably their balance is negative — that is, more do not trust them than trust them. This includes volunteer Serhiy Prytula, MPs Dmytro Razumkov and Oleksii Honcharenko, and former president Petro Poroshenko. Among them, Poroshenko has the lowest trust, with 20% trust, 76% do not trust (balance – -56%).
The all-Ukrainian survey was conducted by mixed-methods: half of respondents were polled by phone, half in person.
22 in July Volodymyr Zelensky led the presidential rating according to Rating Group. If presidential elections were held today, he would receive 22,3% of the votes. Next come Valeriy Zaluzhny (14,9%) and Mykhailo Fedorov (13,4%).
6 August former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he still hopes to return to that position. According to him, President Volodymyr Zelensky has not given a clear “no” to such a possibility.
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