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With the Ukraine war approaching its fourth year, reports have mentioned that the approval ratings of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have plummeted by a considerable amount.
Knewz.com has learned that a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that 39% of the general public stated they actively did not trust the President—a sharp uptick from the 7% of citizens who expressed an active distrust of Zelensky in March 2022.
Anton Grushetsky, the executive director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, stated in his analysis of the survey, "The weakening of trust in Zelensky indeed reduces his future potential and weight as a public figure."
He further noted that the rapidly declining approval ratings were a "critical blow" to the Ukrainian presidency.
Grushetsky added, "It is hardly worth explaining further what disasters can happen in the event of delegitimisation and collapse of the controllability of the institution of the president and the government in general."
The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology's survey found that the approval ratings of President Zelensky reached 52% in December 2024.
In contrast, his approval ratings were as high as 90% in 2022, weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Reports have mentioned that, at the time, the Ukrainian President had impressed the public by refusing to leave the capital and stayed at the helm of the administration to fight off the invading Russian forces.
Zelensky came to power in 2019 in a "sweeping victory," with promises of bringing the "bitter fighting" with Kremlin-backed separatists in the east of the country to an end and putting an end to the systemic corruption prevalent in the political elite of the nation.
However, with Russia making renewed assaults on Eastern Ukraine and the armed forces of the country incurring considerable losses in the war trying to fend off the invaders while trying to keep up the Kursk incursion may have dealt a blow to the morale of the nation.
Furthermore, the military aid from the United States is currently facing uncertainty, with incoming President Donald Trump set to officially take the Oval Office.
It is worth noting that Trump has time and again promised on his presidential campaign circuit that upon winning the election he would bring a swift resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, with reports suggesting that a potential settlement coming from President Trump might favor Russia.
It has been speculated that the potential terms of the settlement would allow Russia to retain control over the territories it has already annexed over the course of the Ukraine war.
This speculation is also the reason Ukraine has been desperately trying to keep up the Kursk incursion operation—so that it can use Kursk as a bargaining chip to get back some of the territory it has lost to Russia.
Notably, Zelensky's five-year term as President came to an end in 2024, a fact that has repeatedly been pointed out by the Kremlin. The Russian government has been calling Zelensky an illegitimate leader, although neither the West nor Russia's allies echo that sentiment, per reports.
The Ukrainian President is still at the helm of the nation as new elections cannot be held under martial law. Furthermore, a significant portion of the population is either displaced or engaged in the war.