Paul
Goble
Staunton, October 7 – Even as
Western leaders try in almost every way to describe the Russian invasion of
Ukraine as something other than what it is, most Ukrainians know that their
country is at war with Russia and almost as many blame the Russian Federation for
that reality, according to a new Razumkov Center poll.
According to the results of the poll
which were published yesterday, 57 percent of Ukrainians consider what is going
on in the Donbas a war with Russia. Only 13 percent describe the conflict as
Moscow does as a civil war, and only 9.9 percent say what is occurring is a
protest against the new regime in Kyiv (rus.newsru.ua/Ukraine/06oct2014/russionwar_print.html).
Nearly half of Ukrainian citizens –
40.4 percent – consider that Moscow is to blame for what is happening, although
a quarter – 24.2 percent – blame former president Viktor Yanukovich and one in
seven -- 14.4 percent – say responsibility rests with the new government in
Kyiv.
Ukrainians in the central and west
blamed Russia for what is happening, 51.4 percent and 57.8 percent,
respectively, with 33.0 percent of those in the east saying the same. But in
the south and in the Donbas, residents were more inclined to blame the new
Ukrainian government for what is happening: with 26.5 percent of the former and
30.5 percent of the latter doing so.
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