74% of Ukrainians support fighting Russia even without U.S. assistance. A significant majority—59% of respondents—also believe that Ukraine can defeat Russia on the battlefield

only 6% of respondents said they were willing to make territorial concessions regarding areas occupied by Russia after the full-scale invasion in 2022

Additionally, 70% of respondents are against lowering the mobilization age,

Original article is paywalled, quotes from https://ukrainetoday.org/74-of-ukrainians-ready-to-resist-russia-without-u-s-aid-support-zelenskyys-actions/

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    This just doesn’t meet the material reality. Regardless of your personal view of the war, Ukraine is suffering a catastrophic manpower shortage, and has resorted to similar recruitment tactics employed by Russian officers.

    I guess they may feel as though there is no choice. Russia isn’t interested in negotiating whilst they believe their ideal terms can be won with force, but there are few feasible routes to any conclusion that returns Ukraine to its pre-2022 borders, let alone pre-2014.