Last year sharply changed attitude of Ukrainians to NATO – poll

If Ukraine held a referendum on NATO membership now, 64% of Ukrainians would vote for joining the alliance, 28.5 % would be against it.

This has been reported according to a sociological survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives foundation and the Razumkov Center sociological service.

After events in Crimea and Donbass, public opinion has changed.

“Non-aligned status has significantly lost its popularity, while support for NATO as the most reliable way to guarantee security has dramatically grown from 13% in 2012 to 33% in May 2014 to 44% in September 2014, and to 46% in December 2014; true, it declined to 36% in July 2015,” the press release says.

The poll was conducted in all regions of Ukraine except Crimea and the occupied territories in Donetsk and Lugansk republics.