The absolute majority of surveyed Ukrainians believe that in 10 years Ukraine will be a prosperous EU member state.

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology reports about their survey.

During the interview, respondents were asked to choose which of the two scenarios for the future of Ukraine - optimistic or pessimistic - they agree with to a greater extent.

88% of Ukrainians believe that in 10 years Ukraine will be a prosperous EU country. At the same time, 63% of them fully share this view, and rather agree - 26%.

Instead, only 5% of respondents have pessimistic expectations that in 10 years Ukraine will be a devastated country with an outflow of people.

Although optimism is slightly decreasing from West to East but, in fact, in all regions, the absolute majority see the future of Ukraine with hope (from 90% in the West to 76% in the East).

"It should be taken into account that the current region of the East is the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, where the level of destruction and shelling is particularly intense. Despite this, 76% believe in a better future (and only 14% see ruin in the future). It is also important to pay attention to the South, which is also experiencing intense hostilities, but where 89% see Ukraine as successful after 10 years (with only 7% pessimists)," sociologists note.

Among all age categories, the absolute majority optimistically assess the future of Ukraine. In particular, among 18-29-year-olds, the figure is 94%.

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion survey on October 21-23.