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More than 60% of Ukrainians trust former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi and former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov — they topped the trust rankings based on July results. President Volodymyr Zelensky ranked only fourth. In addition to Zaluzhnyi and Fedorov, he is also outranked in the ranking by Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov.
This is evidenced by the data of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), conducted from 16 to 31 July. The highest trust indicators among Ukrainians are held by Valerii Zaluzhnyi (66% of respondents trust him, 24% do not trust him) and Mykhailo Fedorov (63% of those surveyed trust him, 16% do not trust the former defense minister).
In third place was Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov, trusted by 61% of respondents, not trusted by 22%. Next are President Volodymyr Zelensky with a rating of 56%, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov with a trust figure of 47%, and commander of the Third Army Corps Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, trusted by 37% of respondents.
Sociologists noted a peculiarity of these two results: many respondents simply do not know these officials. In particular, 23% of respondents do not know Terekhov, and 40% have not heard of Biletskyi.
Other public figures have worse indicators, and their trust-versus-distrust balance is negative — among them are Serhii Prytula, Dmytro Razumkov, Oleksii Honcharenko, and Petro Poroshenko. The lowest trust among those listed is for Poroshenko: only 20% of respondents trust him, while 76% do not trust him, so the balance is -56%.
Details of the sociological study
The nationwide KIIS survey covered a total of 1808 interviews, of which 905 were telephone and 903 were in-person. The planned sample size was 900 respondents, of whom 300 were from Kyiv, and the statistical margin of error does not exceed 3,5% for the full sample.
Sociologists emphasize that in wartime certain systematic deviations are added to the formal margin of error. This means that the real trust indicators may differ somewhat from the recorded figures, but the overall trend — the advantage of military and diplomatic figures over politicians of the old formation — remains stable.
Discussion of Fedorov’s future after resignation
Earlier Informator reported that Fedorov still hopes to regain the position of defense minister. The ex-head of the Defense Ministry said he has not lost hope of leading the ministry again despite his dismissal. We also wrote that after leaving the Defense Ministry Fedorov might be preparing for elections — The Times compared his political prospects with Zaluzhnyi’s. Both pieces explain why these two occupy the top places in trust ratings despite no longer holding their former posts.
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