TRANSFORMATION OF THE UKRAINIANS’ PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLITICAL PROCESSES OF THE COUNTRY

Abstract

Objective of the article is to investigate the transformation of public opinion of Ukrainians regarding the domestic and foreign political processes of the country by comparing sociological surveys on the attitude of Ukrainian citizens to various politicians and states. Methods. The main scientific results are obtained by analyzing the statistical data of surveys of various sociological institutes in the period from 2011 to 2022, based on the survey data conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center together with the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Forbes magazine. Results. Considering that the process of European integration of Ukraine takes place in rather difficult conditions of the struggle for independence, the purpose of the study is to transform the public opinion of Ukrainians regarding the country’s domestic and foreign political processes by comparing sociological surveys on the attitude of Ukrainian citizens to various politicians and states. In the process of analyzing the results of polls from different years, it is found that the main criterion for the attitude of Ukrainians towards foreign countries, politicians and international organizations is their support for Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor. The leader country that most supports Ukrainians in various fields is Poland, however, among personal preferences, the President of Poland takes an honorable second place after Boris Johnson. This indicates that the interdependence “country – aid – individual” is not always the same, that is, the human qualities of specific individuals, their statements and activities have a greater influence on the formation of the rating of Ukrainian society’s preferences. Despite everything, the analyzed data indicate that defense and preservation of the integrity of the state are vitally important for Ukrainians at the moment. At the same time, the change in attitude towards many countries during the entire period of aggression since 2014 is noticeable. In the future, we have in mind to investigate the level of trust of Ukrainians in international organizations that passively reacted to the environmental and humanitarian disaster after the terrorists blew up the Kakhovska hydroelectric power station.