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86 percent blame Putin for Russia-Ukraine war: Survey

Nearly all Americans blame the Kremlin’s leader Vladimir Putin for the Russia-Ukraine war rather than Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a survey released Thursday. 

The new Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos poll found that 86 percent of Americans blame Putin for the three-year conflict in Eastern Europe. Roughly a third placed the blame on Zelensky. 

Over half of U.S. adults, 55 percent, are supportive of the country providing economic assistance to Ukraine while another 52 percent are on board for Washington to continue supplying arms and military supplies to Kyiv, according to the survey. 

Some 53 percent of respondents said that President Trump favors Russia over Ukraine. An NBC News poll, released earlier this week, found that nearly half of Americans believe the president sympathizes with Russia over Ukraine in the conflict. Only eight percent think Trump is on Ukraine’s side. 

Most U.S. voters, 69 percent, across the political spectrum, think the peace negotiations, which Trump has been spearheading with both sides since taking office, should include the U.S., Russia, Ukraine and the European Union (EU), the Thursday poll found. 

Nearly six-in-10 voters, 58 percent, oppose the prospect of Russia keeping all of Ukraine’s territory it has conquered in the conflict. Russia currently occupies some 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory. 

A large majority of Americans, 76 percent, have faith that Ukraine would respect the peace agreement parameters if it ends up being signed, according to the survey. Only 20 percent of Americans thought to same about Russia. 

Although nearly six-in-10 voters, 58 percent, think the U.S. and the EU are equally obligated to assist Ukraine against Russia’s three-year invasion, the latest figure has dipped by 10 points since 2023, the pollster found. 

A new Gallup poll, that was released on Tuesday, found that more Americans, 46 percent, believe that the U.S. is not doing enough to assist Kyiv, representing a 16-point uptick from December last year and closely mirroring the numbers from the summer of 2022.

Thursday’s survey was conducted on March 14-March 16 with 1,021 Americans. The margin of error was 3.2 percentage points.

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