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Ukrainians simultaneously named the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky as both the greatest disappointment among all presidents and the main source of national pride on the international stage. The greatest disappointment was Zelensky's presidency for 29% of respondents, second place went to Viktor Yanukovych with 23%, and third — Petro Poroshenko with 14%. Another 18% of respondents said they had no hopes for any of the presidents at all.
At the same time, Zelensky's presidency is most often associated with pride in Ukraine on the world stage — 33% of participants answered this way. Poroshenko's and Yushchenko's presidencies were linked to such sentiment by 18% and 17% of respondents, respectively. Another 21% of respondents stated that none of the presidents evoked similar feelings.
Thus, the same presidency simultaneously evokes both the greatest disappointment and the greatest pride among Ukrainians — a metric that no other presidential term has achieved in both categories.
Why attitudes toward power remain contradictory
This polarization in assessments aligns with other sociological data about Ukrainians' moods during the full-scale war. On one hand, society notes fatigue from protracted personnel scandals and limited opportunities to influence those in power; on the other hand, it continues to associate the president's figure with international support and Ukraine's visibility in the world.
The discrepancy in perception is also explained by respondents evaluating different aspects of a presidency separately: domestic politics, economic decisions, and staffing on one hand, and foreign policy results, diplomatic presence, and international attention to Ukraine on the other.
Earlier, Informator reported that, according to the same poll by "Slovo i Dilo" as of the end of August, the most acceptable scenario for ending the war, 33% of Ukrainians named a ceasefire along the front line with Western security guarantees. Sociologists noted that the share of supporters of this option grew compared to July and, for the first time, confidently topped all proposed alternatives.
We also wrote that a sociological study by the company "Sotsopolis" showed that in a hypothetical second round of presidential elections Zelensky would lose to three of four possible opponents, and only in a pairing with Mykhailo Fedorov would the vote gap be minimal.
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