71% of Ukrainians Say They Are Happy Despite Russia’s War, Poll Shows

Positive news from a country under siege since 2022 by Putin the Terrible! 

If they are happy, then I am happy too! 😊

"... according to a survey released by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). ...

The latest figure also matches the level recorded in December 2021, two months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion, when 71% of respondents considered themselves happy. ...

KIIS surveyed 2,007 Ukrainian adults by telephone between May 7 and June 3. Respondents lived in areas controlled by the Ukrainian government, although the sample included internally displaced people who had left Russian-occupied territories.

Residents of occupied areas and Ukrainians who moved abroad after Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, were not included. ..."

71% of Ukrainians Say They Are Happy Despite Russia’s War, Poll Shows "In brief: A KIIS survey found that 71% of Ukrainians living in government-controlled territory consider themselves happy, up from 58% in December 2024. Sixteen percent said they were unhappy."