International Politics

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Before the full-scale invasion in 2022, President Zelensky's trust rating was 37%. Afterwards, it rocketed to 90%.
Before Donald Trump returned to office at the start of 2025, it was 52%. After he blamed Ukraine for starting the war, it hit 65%.

"They [Donald Trump and JD Vance] were so rude," says 30-year-old Andriy. "They don't respect the people of Ukraine."
"It looks like Washington supports Russia!" observes Dmytro, 26.
You wonder what the last 24 hours has done to President Zelensky's popularity.
"When the situation becomes worse, we have another rallying around the flag," explains Volodymyr Paniotto, director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology which conducted some of the polling.
World leaders' popularity often wanes over time, and Mr Paniotto says President Zelensky has not been immune.
His ratings especially took a hit with Ukraine's failed counteroffensive of 2023, and his sacking a year later of the popular commander in chief of his armed forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.
But Donald Trump's new, transactional, often-hostile approach to Ukraine has forced the country to unite and brace for further uncertainty.
Not least with his warming to Russia.

But not, just tell them that they should let them being fucked by Russia. No more deaths.