According to a poll published by Gallup on Tuesday, a majority of Ukrainians want their country's forces to fight Russia until victory is achieved.
A group of people stand guard in a street after a drone attack.
According to a Gallup Poll conducted in early September across all regions of Ukraine, 70% of respondents wanted the country to continue fighting until it wins the war, while 26% were in favor of a negotiated settlement to end the conflict.
Men are more likely to support continued fighting than women, and college educated people are more likely to support it.
There is an overwhelming consensus among respondents who want their forces to continue fighting the Russians that a victory would involve the recapture of all territory captured by Russia since the start of the war in the country.
While there is majority support for continued fighting across each of Ukraine's regions, approval slides to around 45% in the eastern provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk, the first three of which were illegally annexed by Russia
The strongest support comes from the west of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to Russia's attacks on civilians and infrastructure by saying that a settlement with Russia was not something he was interested in. There have been huge power cuts across the country since Oct 10. There is no space left for negotiations.
Following a series of stinging defeats, Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure as it attempts to reinforce its frontlines along Eastern and SouthernUkraine. Russian forces hit the city with Iranian-made suicide drones, killing at least four people. Russian strikes left the city of Zhytomyr without a power or water supply, as well as explosions in other cities. The Biden administration vowed to hold Russia accountable for war crimes after Russia continued to attack cities. Kremlin hardliners have urged Putin to keep targeting Ukrainian civilians. The viability of this strategy has been questioned due to Russia's diminishing stock of precision-guided weapons.
Reports about Moscow's dwindling missile stocks wereAmid reports about Russia Strikes Kyiv using Iranian Kamikaze Drones.
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