Analysis
Short analytical pieces based on our own surveys. Each is labelled with the monitoring wave its data come from.
- Data: September 2026
Defence and government: an 87-point trust gap
In September we asked about trust in the Ministry of Defence for the first time. Ratings of the ministry turned out to be closer to those of the army than of the government it belongs to.
- Data: February–September 2026
Compromise is not capitulation
Most Ukrainians support seeking a negotiated compromise while rejecting Russia's terms. There is no contradiction here: society clearly distinguishes negotiation from concessions on someone else's terms.
- Data: April–September 2026
Consumer confidence at a six-month low
Ukrainians' economic sentiment deteriorated markedly in September. The consumer confidence index fell from −16.9 to −23.0, its lowest since we began measuring it in April.
- Data: April–September 2026
War and corruption: what worries those unhappy with the country's direction
Since April we have asked those who think things in Ukraine are going in the wrong direction to explain, in their own words, what worries them. Two answers dominate: the war and corruption.
- Data: February–September 2026
Which language Ukraine speaks at home
By pooling eight monitoring waves — nearly 12,000 interviews — we obtained a detailed estimate of the language Ukrainians speak at home and how it varies by region.
- Data: February 2026, methodological experiment
How we chose our scale for measuring trust
Before launching monthly monitoring, we tested how the format of a rating scale affects answers. The result determined how we measure trust and expectations today.