43.6% of those polled by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center believe that the NATO is a safeguard for Ukraine. <\/p>\n
This is evidenced by the results of the poll published on the site of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. <\/p>\n
Thus, 26.2% of respondents consider the alliance to be neither a safeguard nor a threat, while 14.6% of respondents consider it to be a threat, and 15.6% are undecided. <\/p>\n
At the same time, 48.1% of respondents would vote for Ukraine's accession to NATO, 33.4% would vote against accession, and 18.6% said they did not know how they would vote if such a referendum was held. <\/p>\n
The respondents were asked to give reasons for their preference. <\/p>\n
85.6% of the NATO supporters believe that accession will provide security guarantees to the country, 33.1% provide an opportunity to strengthen and modernize the Ukrainian army, 25.1% increase the prestige of Ukraine at the international arena, 20.6% contribute to the development of Ukraine as a democratic state, 18.1% be a step on the path of Ukraine towards the EU. <\/p>\n
44.4% of NATO opponents responded that accession could drag Ukraine into NATO military operations, 26.6% said Ukraine should in principle be a non-aligned state. 25.7% of NATO opponents stated the accession requires significant additional funds, 24.9% claimed NATO is an aggressive imperialist bloc. <\/p>\n
2,018 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed in all the regions of Ukraine except Crimea and the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions on June 9-13. <\/p>\n
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See original here: 43.6% of those polled by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center believe that the NATO is a safeguard for Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of the poll published on the site of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. Continue reading
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