Poll says 70% of Americans don't believe Ukraine is "more to blame for starting war"

The vast majority of Americans do not believe that Ukraine is more to blame for the war waged against it by Russia.

According to a Reuters/IPSOS poll conducted on 3-4 March,  70% of respondents said they didn't think Ukraine was more to blame for the war, while only 7% did. 23% either did not know or did not answer the question of whether Ukraine is more to blame for the war with Russia.

81% of Democratic respondents said Ukraine was not more responsible for the war's outbreak, while 62% of Republicans agreed. In contrast, 11% of Republican respondents feel Ukraine is mostly to blame for the conflict.

The poll also revealed that Americans are divided on whether the United States should receive a share of Ukrainian minerals in exchange for its support, a proposal that Donald Trump has advocated.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a lengthy message on X (Twitter) praising the US president's "strong leadership", expressing gratitude for his country's military assistance to Ukraine, and stating that it was regrettable the Oval Office spat on 28 February had occurred.