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Public trust in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has risen to 65%, up from 57% in January, after US President Donald Trump claimed his popularity was just 4% and called him a "dictator" with no legitimacy in a war of words that erupted last week.
Trump's verbal attack has sparked a surge of support for Ukraine's heroic wartime leader, however, Zelensky's popularity has plummeted in recent months as the situation on the battlefield continues to deteriorate and the government's recruitment campaign to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) becomes more aggressive.
According to a new poll by the Ratings sociological group, Zelensky's trust increased after Trump's verbal attack, but he lags behind former commander-in-chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, whom Zelensky dismissed last year and is currently Ukraine's ambassador to London. The general remains the most trusted public figure in the country, with 76% of respondents expressing confidence in him.
The poll, conducted on February 20-21, found that 34% of Ukrainians do not trust Zelensky, while 16% expressed distrust of Zaluzhny. Other prominent political figures received lower levels of public trust. Serhii Prytula, a politician and philanthropist, was trusted by 34% of respondents, while 51% did not trust him, Ukrainska Pravda reports.
Former President Petro Poroshenko had a trust rating of 22%, with 76% of respondents expressing distrust. Former Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov was trusted by 19%, while 41% did not trust him. The lowest level of public trust was recorded for Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna party, with only 11% of respondents expressing trust, compared to 86% who did not trust her.
The survey surveyed 1,200 Ukrainian citizens aged 18 and over in all regions, excluding the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas, as well as areas where mobile networks were not available at the time of voting. The study was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviews, with a margin of error not exceeding 2.8% at a 95% confidence level.
As the second phase of a three-phase US ceasefire plan, US President Donald Trump is insisting that Ukraine hold delayed presidential elections before the concrete work of agreeing to ceasefire terms is done, with the apparent aim of removing Zelenskiy from the negotiation process.
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