Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, the front line of the conflict has remained mostly in the country’s East and South. In 2022, these same regions most exposed to the conflict were least likely to want to keep fighting it, although majorities supported it (63% and 61%, respectively).
Over time, support for continuing the war has withered in all regions in Ukraine, no matter how close to the front line they are. Support has dipped below 50% everywhere in 2024.
Some of the biggest declines in support for the fight have been in regions far from the front line, including Kyiv (down 39 percentage points) and the West (down 40 points). Among Ukrainians living in the country’s East, more than twice as many people now want the war to end as soon as possible (63%) rather than continue (27%).