{
  "id": 12148573,
  "title": "40% of Ukrainians believe the country is heading in the right direction — KIIS poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/40-of-ukrainians-believe-the-country-is-heading-in-the-right",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T12:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/business/40-of-ukrainians-say-country-is-on-right-track-poll-50647244.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 40% of Ukrainians currently believe their country is moving in the right direction. This figure represents a slight decrease from February 2024, when 44% of respondents held the same view. Meanwhile, 45% of Ukrainians perceive the country as heading in the wrong direction, with 15% remaining undecided. The percentage of those undecided has increased slightly from 10% in February 2024 to 15%. The survey, which polled 1,002 adult Ukrainian citizens living in government-controlled territory from September 12 to 21, 2026, also revealed that 69% of Ukrainians believed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should remain in office until the end of martial law. Some respondents advocated for holding a presidential election, including 15% who supported doing so even if martial law persisted for three months, and 11% who favored amending laws to permit an election under martial law.",
  "summary": "Forty percent of Ukrainians believe the country is heading in the right direction, down slightly from February 2024, according to a Kyiv International Institute of Sociology poll released on Oct. 5.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Majority of Ukrainians express disappointment with current authorities – poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/majority-of-ukrainians-express-disappointment-with-current",
        "published": "2026-10-05T08:34:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "More than half of Ukrainians say Zelensky should not run for president again, poll says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/more-than-half-of-ukrainians-say-zelensky-should-not-run-for",
        "published": "2026-10-05T12:32:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Most Ukrainians say Zelenskyy should not run for second term, poll finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/most-ukrainians-say-zelenskyy-should-not-run-for-second-term-poll",
        "published": "2026-10-05T13:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}