Ukraine Crisis – Where the Public Stands

Opinium’s latest polling provides further evidence of the UK public’s attitudes and feelings towards the crisis in Ukraine.

It finds that 68% of those polled support efforts by the West to intervene diplomatically in an attempt to get Russia to stop its invasion.

Asked, in the event of diplomatic means not succeeding, if Western countries should attempt to intervene militarily to protect Ukraine, 39% would support such a move compared to 36% who opposed the idea.

Questioned as to how they rated the UK’s response to Russia, 38% said it had not gone far enough whilst 27% said they were not sure.

At YouGov meanwhile, polling suggests that 69% of the public  would support another round of economic sanctions from the UK against Russia's interests in the country, whilst 45% would back sending additional troops to reinforce NATO allies in Eastern Europe. That said, 55% would oppose the UK conducting airstrikes against Russia.

Additional data compiled by YouGov has found that a majority of the public (58%) think that initial sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia do not go far enough.

Looking at how to respond to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, YouGov reports  that 63% of the public would support the UK introducing a scheme to resettle some Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. YouGov goes on to note: “Asked whether they believe the UK has a moral obligation to offer asylum to Ukrainian refugees, half of Britons (50%) say that we do. A third (32%) believe that we do not.”

Finally, YouGov has found that of those polled, 62% would support a media campaign encouraging resistance in Russian-speaking parts of Ukraine, urging them not to support Putin’s regime or the armed forces. 60% support sending additional arms to Ukraine. 55% would support the UK conducting cyberattacks against Russian military capabilities.

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