“According to a survey, trust in President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky among Ukrainians, compared to June, decreased from 65% to 58%. Source: A survey of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), which began the day after voting in the Verkhovna Rada for Law No. 12414 on the elimination of independence of NABU and SAP literally: It was already lower than 65%.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Survey of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), which began the day after voting in the Verkhovna Rada for Law No. 12414 on the elimination of NABU and SAP independence
Literally: “When analyzing the dynamics of trust in the context of events around Law No. 12414, it should be borne in mind that in early June we watched a downward trend, so perhaps by July 22, 2025, trust was already lower than 65%. That is not all the decrease in trust (7 percentage points). Respondents were pointed out as a cause of distrust of the President. ”
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Trust in the President of Zelensky in the regional dimension
According to sociologists, the balance of confidence in the President decreased from +35% in early June to +23% in early August. At the same time, current trust rates are higher than the minimum during a full -scale war that was in December 2024.
Trust in the President of Zelensky by age
Compared to the beginning of June 2025, the largest decrease in confidence is observed in the West – from 73% to 55%. If at the beginning of the summer in the west there was the highest confidence of the president, now it is not different against the background of other regions.
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At the center, the level of trust has not changed (63% in early summer and as much now). There is also a decrease in the south and east, but to a lesser extent than in the west. Thus, in the south the level of trust decreased from 61% to 55%, in the east – from 61% to 54%.
At the same time, in all regions, the majority continue to trust the President and in all regions there is a positive balance of confidence.
The most confidence decreased among young people under 30-if in early summer 74% trusted the President, now-59% (-15 percentage points).
Direct Language of the Executive Director of KIIS Anton Hrushetsky: “President V. Zelensky, despite quite large -scale protests and a violent reaction to the media, retains a sufficiently high trust (and legitimacy) among the Ukrainian public. It may have contributed to the rapid reaction of protests and prompt introduction of a new law to parliament.
Recall that the lowest level of trust in Zelensky sociologists was recorded in February 2022 (37%) and in December 2024 (52%).
Reference: The Omnibus KIIS survey was conducted on July 23 – August 4, 2025 by telephone interviews in all regions of Ukraine (the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine). In total, 1022 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed, who at the time of the survey lived in the territory of Ukraine, which was controlled by the Government of Ukraine. Residents of territories that are not temporarily controlled by the authorities of Ukraine were not included in the sample.
Formally, in normal circumstances, the statistical error of such sample (with a probability of 0.95 and taking into account the design effect 1.3) did not exceed 4.1% for indicators close to 50%, 3.5% for indicators close to 25%, 2.5% – for indicators close to 10%, 1.8% – for indicators.