According to a survey of more than 17,000 people conducted in 12 countries of the European Union, the majority of Europeans support Ukraine in the war against Russia, but only one in ten think that Ukraine can win, and most of them consider a compromise solution necessary to end the conflict.

While 41 percent of Europeans want to increase or maintain aid to Ukraine, they already do

only a fifth of them would support it if Europe had to compensate for the withdrawal of American aid

- this is revealed, among other things, from the survey prepared by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Support for Ukraine is a divisive issue

The answers come from 17,023 respondents to an online survey conducted in January in 12 countries of the European Union

According to the ECFR, due to growing concerns about a second Trump presidency, a significant proportion of Europeans are still in favor of providing aid to Ukraine, but

only one out of ten respondents believes that Ukraine can win the war against Russia.

A very significant part of those surveyed - a third of the surveyed voters in total - would like the EU to limit aid to Ukraine. And the majority of them in Hungary, Greece and Italy want the allies to put pressure on Kiev to accept the settlement.

I would put Zelensky at the negotiating table

Regarding the outcome of the war, on average only 19.5 percent of those surveyed believe that Russia will win.

Majorities in Hungary (64 percent), Greece (59 percent) and Italy (52 percent) want the allies to put pressure on Kiev,

to accept the settlement agreement - but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy refuses to consider this solution. More than 40 percent of those polled by ECFR believe that Europe should put pressure on Ukraine towards a peaceful settlement with Russia.

Peace can be the watchword

The EU and its top leaders have made it clear that they want to continue to support Kiev, but

shipments of artillery ammunition have slowed and the next military aid package from Brussels is uncertain

– reminds the newspaper published in Brussels.

"To make the case for more European aid to Ukraine, EU leaders need to change how they talk about the war," said Mark Leonard, one of the survey's authors in the ECFR report.

According to him, for the skeptical public

the most convincing argument is that military support to Ukraine can lead to a lasting, negotiated peace,

which favors Kiev, not Putin's victory.

Source: hirado.hu

Photo: MTI/EPA/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service