Some 85% of Ukrainians think that the government should intervene in the activities of the UOC MP, while 66% are convinced that this church should be banned in Ukraine altogether.
This is evidenced by the survey run by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on May 26 – June 5.
“According to the poll, 85%, Ukrainians now believe (against 78% in December 2022) that the government should intervene in the activities of the UOC MP to one degree or another. In particular, from 54% to 66%, there has been an increase in the share of those who think this Church should be completely banned in Ukraine,” KIIS reported.
Another 19% are in favor of a somewhat “softer” approach, which does not involve a complete ban, but the establishment of government control and supervision (in December 2022, there were 24% of such respondents).
At the same time, the share of those interviewed who believe that nothing should be done, and that only certain possible cases of offenses should be investigated, decreased from 12% to 6%.
The study was run from May 26 to June 5. A total of 1,029 respondents living in all regions of Ukraine (except the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) were interviewed through phone interviews based on a random sample of mobile numbers.
