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2025 wave
1,007 respondents · all questions with 2025 comparison · open-ended answers · English
Correction to the 2025 results. The 2025 table for the statement that most people remaining in the occupied territories are satisfied with the Russian authorities repeated, in error, the figures for the hidden-resistance question. The correct 2025 distribution is 26.2% definitely no, 32.4% rather no, 19.8% rather yes and 7.6% definitely yes (58.5% disagree, 27.4% agree). Two smaller transpositions and rounding slips were also fixed. The 2025 workbook has been reissued, and the corrected figures are used throughout this page.
Key findings
- Fewer think the remaining population is content with Russian rule. 15.6% agree that most people who stayed are satisfied with the Russian authorities, down from 27.4% in 2025 (19.0% among respondents from occupied settlements). 63.5% disagree.
- Belief in hidden resistance has softened, and uncertainty has grown. 51.8% say there is hidden resistance to the occupiers (55.2% in the comparable subsample), against 61.6% in 2025. "Hard to say" rose from 20.4% to 28.2%.
- Displaying Ukrainian identity is seen as the greatest risk. Asked for the first time, 54.9% name using Ukrainian symbols and 50.3% name refusing a Russian passport as behaviour that can provoke violence from the Russian authorities.
- Property loss is widespread. Among respondents in contact with the occupied territories whose family had property there, 45.0% report it destroyed or damaged and 10.3% report it declared "ownerless" and transferred to the occupation authorities; 28.3% know of "ownerless" seizures among relatives or acquaintances.
- Strong support for strikes on military targets. 75.0% consider Ukrainian strikes on targets in the occupied territories justified, with military bases and ammunition depots the top priorities and facilities in residential areas chosen by 1.5%.
- Return and prejudice. 55.7% of those from still-occupied settlements plan to return after de-occupation. 45.0% have faced prejudice as displaced people, most often in everyday communication and when renting housing.
- Assessments of the Ukrainian government are little changed. 72.5% rate its support for IDPs ineffective (76.6% comparable), against 76.4% in 2025.
Reading the comparison with 2025
Both waves were fielded by telephone by the same company with around 1,000 respondents, but the samples differ. In 2025 every respondent came from a settlement that had been occupied. The 2026 sample is broader: 24.4% come from settlements that have never been occupied, and all respondents consider themselves displaced. Comparisons can therefore reflect who was asked as well as changes in opinion. Tables with a 2025 figure also show a 2026 comparable column restricted to the 725 respondents whose pre-invasion settlement was occupied at some point, and the change column compares that subsample with 2025. Contact with the occupied territories illustrates the difference: 37.6% of the full 2026 sample keep in touch, against 47.8% of the comparable subsample and 48.6% in 2025.
The comparable subsample is a TOT Insights calculation from the respondent-level file; all other figures are as supplied by the pollster and were checked against that file. Question numbers differ between waves; each table lists its 2025 equivalent.
Method
- Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) with 1,007 internally displaced persons, September 2026, by Operativna Sotsiolohiya.
- Respondents originate mainly from Donetsk (56.7%), Kharkiv (14.6%), Kherson (11.0%), Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk oblasts (6.9% each); 2.6% now live abroad.
- Margin of error at 95% confidence: 3.1% for values near 50%, 2.7% near 25% or 75%, 1.4% near 5% or 95%. Margins are wider for questions asked of a subset; each table shows its base.
- As fielded, questions 19 to 25 (media trust, living standards, property, shortages, information sources) were asked only of the 371 respondents in regular contact with acquaintances in the occupied territories.
- Open-ended "other" answers were translated into English by the pollster and are listed under the relevant tables. Individual respondent records are not published.
The 2025 wave (n=1,001) remains available on its own page with a permanent DOI.
2026, all respondents2025Hover a row for exact values
Sample and displacement
Sex
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 738 | 73.3 | 69.4 | 63.9 | +5.5 |
| Male | 269 | 26.7 | 30.6 | 36.1 | -5.5 |
Age group
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–24 | 32 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | -0.7 |
| 25–34 | 110 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 14.0 | -1.9 |
| 35–49 | 301 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 32.0 | -2.5 |
| 50–59 | 226 | 22.4 | 23.9 | 21.5 | +2.4 |
| 60+ | 338 | 33.6 | 31.0 | 28.5 | +2.5 |
Oblast of current residence
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Dnipropetrovsk | 160 | 15.9 |
| Kyiv oblast | 148 | 14.7 |
| Kharkiv | 129 | 12.8 |
| Kyiv city | 82 | 8.1 |
| Poltava | 64 | 6.4 |
| Odesa | 57 | 5.7 |
| Lviv | 45 | 4.5 |
| Zaporizhzhia | 38 | 3.8 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 29 | 2.9 |
| Cherkasy | 28 | 2.8 |
| Kirovohrad | 27 | 2.7 |
| I live abroad | 26 | 2.6 |
| Khmelnytskyi | 25 | 2.5 |
| Mykolaiv | 23 | 2.3 |
| Zhytomyr | 22 | 2.2 |
| Vinnytsia | 19 | 1.9 |
| Ternopil | 15 | 1.5 |
| Zakarpattia | 14 | 1.4 |
| Chernivtsi | 13 | 1.3 |
| Volyn | 12 | 1.2 |
| Chernihiv | 8 | 0.8 |
| Rivne | 6 | 0.6 |
| Sumy | 6 | 0.6 |
| Donetsk | 5 | 0.5 |
| Kherson | 4 | 0.4 |
| Hard to say | 2 | 0.2 |
Type of settlement of current residence
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Oblast centre | 517 | 51.3 |
| Village/settlement | 213 | 21.2 |
| Other city | 274 | 27.2 |
| Hard to say | 3 | 0.3 |
Oblast of the settlement where the respondent lived from 2014 until 24 February 2022
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Donetsk | 571 | 56.7 |
| Kharkiv | 147 | 14.6 |
| Kherson | 111 | 11.0 |
| Zaporizhzhia | 69 | 6.9 |
| Luhansk | 69 | 6.9 |
| Dnipropetrovsk | 11 | 1.1 |
| Mykolaiv | 9 | 0.9 |
| Sumy | 5 | 0.5 |
| AR Crimea / Sevastopol | 3 | 0.3 |
| Odesa | 3 | 0.3 |
| Chernihiv | 3 | 0.3 |
| Zakarpattia | 2 | 0.2 |
| Zhytomyr | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kyiv oblast | 1 | 0.1 |
| Poltava | 1 | 0.1 |
| Hard to say | 1 | 0.1 |
When the respondent left that settlement
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Before 24 February 2022 | 81 | 8.0 |
| February – April 2022 | 425 | 42.2 |
| May – December 2022 | 210 | 20.9 |
| 2023 | 66 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 72 | 7.1 |
| 2025 | 45 | 4.5 |
| 2026 | 95 | 9.4 |
| Did not leave: the settlement was de-occupied | 4 | 0.4 |
| Hard to say | 8 | 0.8 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 | 0.1 |
Q5
Please tell us, which statement suits you best?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2025 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| The settlement where I lived before the full-scale invasion was occupied and remains occupied | 346 | 34.4 | 87.5 |
| The settlement where I lived was not occupied, but is now occupied | 281 | 27.9 | not asked |
| The settlement where I lived was not occupied and remains unoccupied | 246 | 24.4 | not asked |
| The settlement where I lived before the full-scale invasion was occupied, but has now been de-occupied | 98 | 9.7 | 12.5 |
| Hard to say | 36 | 3.6 | not asked |
The 2025 questionnaire offered only the two "was occupied" options; the other 2026 options were not asked in 2025.
Q6
Please tell us, do you consider yourself an internally displaced person?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | -9.3 |
| Rather no | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | -2.9 |
| Rather yes | 113 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 7.0 | +4.4 |
| Definitely yes | 894 | 88.8 | 88.6 | 80.4 | +8.2 |
| Hard to say | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
In 2026 only respondents who consider themselves displaced were interviewed.
Support for displaced people
Q7
Please rate how effectively the government supports internally displaced persons.
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completely ineffective | 357 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 42.7 | -4.2 |
| Rather ineffective | 373 | 37.0 | 38.1 | 33.7 | +4.4 |
| Rather effective | 172 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 14.8 | +0.4 |
| Completely effective | 43 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | -1.2 |
| Hard to say | 61 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | +0.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
Q8
Have you personally or your family received any support in the last 12 months?
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes, regularly | 302 | 30.0 |
| Yes, once | 216 | 21.4 |
| No, but I applied | 193 | 19.2 |
| No, and I did not apply | 271 | 26.9 |
| Hard to say | 25 | 2.5 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 |
Q9
Please rate how effectively international humanitarian organisations support internally displaced persons in Ukraine.
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completely ineffective | 179 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 17.3 | +1.5 |
| Rather ineffective | 247 | 24.5 | 25.1 | 31.6 | -6.5 |
| Rather effective | 321 | 31.9 | 31.3 | 33.8 | -2.5 |
| Completely effective | 80 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 | -0.7 |
| Hard to say | 180 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 10.0 | +8.2 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
Q10
Have you personally or your family received assistance from international humanitarian organisations in the last 12 months?
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes, regularly | 49 | 4.9 |
| Yes, once | 251 | 24.9 |
| No, but I applied | 206 | 20.5 |
| No, and I did not apply | 486 | 48.3 |
| Hard to say | 15 | 1.5 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 |
Views on occupation, risk and resistance
Q11
Do you agree with the statement: "most of the population remaining in the occupied territories is satisfied with the Russian authorities"?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 314 | 31.2 | 28.3 | 26.2 | +2.1 |
| Rather no | 325 | 32.3 | 33.2 | 32.4 | +0.8 |
| Rather yes | 124 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 19.8 | -4.8 |
| Definitely yes | 33 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 7.6 | -3.6 |
| Hard to say | 209 | 20.8 | 19.3 | 13.8 | +5.5 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
The 2025 figures shown here are corrected. The table originally published in 2025 repeated the distribution for the hidden-resistance question by mistake.
Q12
Do you agree with the statement that "there is hidden resistance to the occupiers in the occupied territories"?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 46 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | +0.5 |
| Rather no | 154 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.3 | +0.7 |
| Rather yes | 338 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 36.5 | -1.6 |
| Definitely yes | 183 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 25.1 | -4.8 |
| Hard to say | 284 | 28.2 | 25.4 | 20.4 | +5.0 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
Q13
Please tell us, can certain behaviour in the occupied territories lead to violent actions by the Russian authorities?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 13 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -0.4 |
| Rather no | 41 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
| Rather yes | 292 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 28.3 | -0.7 |
| Definitely yes | 473 | 47.0 | 53.2 | 51.9 | +1.3 |
| Hard to say | 187 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 13.6 | +1.3 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
Q14
What types of behaviour in the occupied territories may create a risk of violent actions by the Russian authorities?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using Ukrainian symbols | 553 | 54.9 | 59.4 | not asked | |
| Taking or publishing photos | 518 | 51.4 | 54.9 | 51.7 | +3.2 |
| Refusing to obtain a Russian passport | 507 | 50.3 | 55.6 | not asked | |
| Subscribing to Ukraine-related channels | 487 | 48.4 | 51.4 | 53.4 | -2.0 |
| Using Ukrainian in public communication | 476 | 47.3 | 50.2 | not asked | |
| Communicating with people in Government-controlled territory of Ukraine (GCA) | 400 | 39.7 | 43.0 | 49.0 | -6.0 |
| Receiving money transfers from Ukraine | 348 | 34.6 | 36.7 | 35.5 | +1.2 |
| Using Telegram | 341 | 33.9 | 34.8 | 37.6 | -2.8 |
| Installing privacy software (e.g. VPN) | 330 | 32.8 | 36.6 | 37.9 | -1.3 |
| Having two phones | 316 | 31.4 | 34.1 | 35.7 | -1.6 |
| Other | 115 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 14.9 | -2.6 |
| Hard to say | 202 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 21.2 | -4.2 |
| Prefer not to answer | 11 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +0.7 |
Options marked with no 2025 figure were added in 2026.
Other: what respondents named (115 answers, translated by the pollster)
- everything listed (13)
- dont know (11)
- doesn't know (4)
- all (3)
- don't know (2)
- all actions, you can't do anything against the occupiers
- all apply
- all of it
- all of it together
- all options, Ukrainian language in everyday life
- all these options are dangerous
- and just ordinary curiosity...
- any actions carry a threat
- any actions provoke it
- any expression of love for anything Ukrainian
- anything at all, you can do nothing and they still shell you
- anything can provoke aggression
- Anything that can provoke their aggression
- anything, everyone has their own situation
- Books, phones
- calls
- communication before 2022
- communication with the government-controlled territory, phone checks
- Criticising the authorities if someone's relative is in Ukraine or in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- discussing the actions of the Russian authorities
- disobedience and a wrong word towards the occupiers
- Don't know
- don't know this
- donations to the Ukrainian army
- downloading Ukrainian apps
- Even looking at them
- even the wrong look, anything provokes aggression
- everything
- everything is subject to it
- expressing an active position in favour of Ukraine and against the occupation authorities
- expressing any position that does not coincide with the occupiers' position
- for no reason
- full support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- getting a Ukrainian education
- having a tattoo
- having relatives serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- I can't say for sure because we don't communicate with anyone there
- I don't know what's there or how it is
- I haven't experienced it, I don't know; acquaintances said being under occupation there is horrible
- if a person speaks out in favour of Ukraine
- If you don't open the door immediately when they knock
- If you get into an argument
- If you hang around the military, any refusals
- If you say you are from Ukraine
- impossible to harvest crops from the fields normally because Russia launches drones
- in direct confrontation with the occupiers
- Just violence
- Literature
- looked at them the wrong way and ended up in a basement where they abuse people
- military families are under close surveillance
- Military service of someone close
- monitoring the movements of Russian troops
- movement of Russian troops
- no answer
- no information
- no internet
- none of the above
- not obeying their orders
- nothing
- one look is enough and you're already suspected, they can hit you and do anything, they consider themselves the masters
- open propaganda
- people can't tell everything when communicating with Ukraine
- People you used to trust have become pro-Russian
- public speaking
- received Russian passports at gunpoint, I handed mine in to the SBU. life is unbearable
- relatives serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Social media, journalism and channels
- Speaking out against the occupiers
- staying silent in response to Russians' patriotic calls
- support Ukraine
- supporting Ukraine and informing
- the FSB listens to everything
- there are informers reporting on every action
- There is no freedom of speech
- there is nothing
- there was no connection
- they can shoot you even without a reason, I saw it myself
- they searched for those who had been in the ATO
- they shoot people
- Using social media
- you can't go outside during curfew
- you can't go outside during the day
Q15
Which of the listed non-violent actions, in your personal opinion, are useful and worth the risk in the temporarily occupied territories?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helping people evacuate safely from the TOT (temporarily occupied territories) to Government-controlled territory of Ukraine (GCA) | 446 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 46.5 | -1.1 |
| Supplying medicines to civilians | 399 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 42.8 | -3.1 |
| Providing essential goods that are in short supply (e.g. water purification tablets, hygiene products, baby formula) | 344 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 41.5 | -7.2 |
| Providing legal support to civil resistance participants imprisoned by the Russian authorities | 276 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 35.9 | -7.3 |
| Providing secure means of communication for tracking Russian troop movements | 227 | 22.5 | 24.6 | 31.6 | -7.0 |
| Organising passive resistance (e.g. boycotting Russian-organised events, refusing Russian passports) | 201 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 26.0 | -5.6 |
| Publishing or distributing public lists of collaborators | 195 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 29.2 | -8.1 |
| Spreading pro-Ukrainian or anti-occupation content on Telegram, TikTok or other platforms | 191 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 29.5 | -9.1 |
| Supporting local cyber awareness (e.g. running basic offline digital security trainings) | 184 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 23.1 | -3.1 |
| Taking photos with Ukrainian symbols (ribbons, posters) and publishing them online | 164 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 25.5 | -7.8 |
| None of the above | 120 | 11.9 | 11.9 | not asked | |
| Other | 62 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 8.8 | -2.7 |
| Hard to say | 221 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 24.6 | -3.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 19 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | +0.3 |
Options marked with no 2025 figure were added in 2026.
Other: what respondents named (62 answers, translated by the pollster)
- don't know (5)
- dont know (5)
- doesn't know (4)
- food (3)
- all (2)
- everything listed (2)
- access to social media is limited there, there is nothing
- against Russia, against everything
- all actions on the list
- all are risky and everything listed
- all are worth the risk
- all of the above
- all people must be evacuated at once
- anything related to Ukraine irritates them
- Armed resistance
- assisting the resistance
- contact with parents and relatives
- cutting off the occupiers' communications
- delivery of humanitarian aid
- evacuation and information
- Everything applies
- everything is risky
- hardly anything will help
- have not been in the occupied territories
- Helping elderly people
- helping elderly people and people with disabilities
- humanitarian aid
- I can't say
- I don't know what is happening there
- I don't know what pro-Ukrainian things you can do without being condemned
- I wouldn't do anything like that
- It is worth risking for what helps our soldiers
- it's very hard there, no healthcare, if you said something, they shoot you dead
- Leaving for government-controlled territory of Ukraine
- only if completely safe, can't answer
- our government should have carried out the evacuation without asking them; the evacuation should have been done immediately, people would have been saved
- people decide for themselves whether to take risks or not, at their own discretion
- Photographing the occupiers' military equipment
- refusing a Russian passport
- running elective classes on in-depth Ukrainian history
- Social media
- Supporting people
- the Russians will beat you up (derogatory)
- they shoot without talking
- those who wanted to leave have left
- visiting prohibited places
- you can end up in a basement
Contact with the occupied territories
Q16
Please tell us, do you keep in touch with acquaintances in the temporarily occupied territories?
| Answer | N | 2026 % | 2026 comparable % | 2025 % | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 495 | 49.2 | 38.2 | 37.6 | +0.6 |
| Rather no | 121 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 12.6 | +0.1 |
| Rather yes | 142 | 14.1 | 17.5 | 15.2 | +2.3 |
| Definitely yes | 237 | 23.5 | 30.3 | 33.4 | -3.1 |
| Hard to say | 10 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
The 2025 "hard to say" and "prefer not to answer" figures are corrected; they were transposed in the table originally published in 2025.
Q17
How often do you communicate with acquaintances who are currently in the temporarily occupied territories?
Asked of respondents who keep in touch with acquaintances in the occupied territories (Q16: rather or definitely yes).
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Every day or almost every day | 50 | 13.2 |
| Several times a week | 58 | 15.3 |
| Several times a month | 119 | 31.4 |
| Less often | 144 | 38.0 |
| Never | 5 | 1.3 |
| Hard to say | 3 | 0.8 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 |
Q18
How do you mainly maintain this contact?
Asked of respondents in contact with acquaintances in the occupied territories, excluding those who answered "never" or "hard to say" at Q17.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram | 243 | 65.5 |
| 82 | 22.1 | |
| Other social media | 41 | 11.1 |
| Phone calls | 38 | 10.2 |
| Viber | 33 | 8.9 |
| Through third parties | 20 | 5.4 |
| 19 | 5.1 | |
| 16 | 4.3 | |
| Signal | 4 | 1.1 |
| In-person meetings (in third countries) | 4 | 1.1 |
| Other | 26 | 7.0 |
| Hard to say | 3 | 0.8 |
| Prefer not to answer | 7 | 1.9 |
Other channels named (26 answers, translated by the pollster)
- imo (10)
- IMO (2)
- Immo
- Imo
- IMO messenger
- Max
- messenger
- messengers
- via "IMO"
- via a camera in the apartment
- via VPN
- Yola
- yolla
- yolo
- Zoom
- Zoom conference
Q19
How much do you trust Ukrainian media coverage of the situation in the occupied territories?
Same base as Q18. As fielded, Q19 to Q25 were asked only of respondents in regular contact with acquaintances in the occupied territories.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Completely distrust | 31 | 8.4 |
| Rather distrust | 70 | 18.9 |
| Rather trust | 165 | 44.5 |
| Fully trust | 65 | 17.5 |
| Hard to say | 38 | 10.2 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.5 |
Q20
How do you assess the financial situation of your acquaintances in the TOT compared to pre-war times?
Same base as Q18.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Significantly improved | 17 | 4.6 |
| Somewhat improved | 34 | 9.2 |
| Somewhat worsened | 60 | 16.2 |
| Significantly worsened | 152 | 41.0 |
| Don't know | 98 | 26.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 10 | 2.7 |
Housing and property
Q21
Did you or your family have housing or other real estate in the territory that is now occupied?
Same base as Q18.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes, own housing | 205 | 55.3 |
| Yes, housing and other property (land, business, vehicles) | 146 | 39.4 |
| No | 20 | 5.4 |
Q22
What, as far as you know, has happened to this property?
Asked of respondents whose family had housing or other property in the now-occupied territory (Q21).
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Destroyed or damaged as a result of hostilities | 158 | 45.0 |
| Nothing happened, as far as I know | 76 | 21.7 |
| I don't know what happened to it | 56 | 16.0 |
| Occupied by other people | 52 | 14.8 |
| Declared "ownerless" and transferred to the occupation authorities | 36 | 10.3 |
| Occupied by Russian military | 31 | 8.8 |
| Seized due to the absence of a Russian passport or Russian registration of ownership | 9 | 2.6 |
| Sold under pressure or for next to nothing | 2 | 0.6 |
| Other | 22 | 6.3 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.6 |
Other: what respondents said happened (22 answers, translated by the pollster)
- acquaintances live there (2)
- a wrecked car was left
- attempts to declare housing ownerless have begun
- cars were seized
- families
- I don't know for sure, but most likely everything will be handed over to the occupiers
- it stands empty
- It stands empty, I don't know whether it was taken or not
- it was looted
- locals looted the apartment
- looted
- mother lives in the housing
- Mother lives there
- mother lives there
- my mother lives there
- not damaged, but I don't know what happened to it
- Nothing happened to one apartment, the other is occupied by the military
- On the lists
- other people look after it
- ownerless
- re-registered to relatives
Q23
Do you know of such cases among your relatives or acquaintances, where their housing…
Same base as Q18.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Destroyed or damaged as a result of hostilities | 201 | 54.2 |
| Occupied by Russian military | 122 | 32.9 |
| Occupied by other people | 113 | 30.5 |
| Declared "ownerless" and transferred to the occupation authorities | 105 | 28.3 |
| I don't know what happened to it | 63 | 17.0 |
| Nothing happened, as far as I know | 49 | 13.2 |
| Seized due to the absence of a Russian passport or Russian registration of ownership | 46 | 12.4 |
| Sold under pressure or for next to nothing | 26 | 7.0 |
| Other | 10 | 2.7 |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 | 0.5 |
Other: what respondents said happened (10 answers, translated by the pollster)
- don't know
- housing built in place of the destroyed one
- housing damaged and looted
- I don't know anything
- it varies there
- nationalisation
- seized from people who did not re-register it
- simply ownerless
- that happened
- the housing is there, they are forcing re-registration under Russian law
Conditions and information in the occupied territories
Q24
What do people in the TOT lack most?
Same base as Q18.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Quality healthcare | 210 | 56.6 |
| Communications and internet | 189 | 50.9 |
| Medicines | 185 | 49.9 |
| Drinking water | 172 | 46.4 |
| Fuel | 132 | 35.6 |
| Money | 116 | 31.3 |
| Food | 106 | 28.6 |
| Hygiene products | 75 | 20.2 |
| Don't know | 57 | 15.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 4 | 1.1 |
Q25
What sources of information, as far as you know, do your acquaintances in the TOT use?
Same base as Q18.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian Telegram channels via VPN | 127 | 34.2 |
| Don't know | 121 | 32.6 |
| Rumours and personal communication | 103 | 27.8 |
| Russian TV | 101 | 27.2 |
| Social media | 88 | 23.7 |
| Local occupation Telegram channels | 59 | 15.9 |
| Ukrainian TV via satellite | 37 | 10.0 |
| Prefer not to answer | 4 | 1.1 |
Strikes on targets in the occupied territories
Q26
In general, do you consider strikes by the Defence Forces of Ukraine on targets in the temporarily occupied territories justified?
All respondents; answer not recorded for 3.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 40 | 4.0 |
| Rather no | 64 | 6.4 |
| Rather yes | 215 | 21.4 |
| Definitely yes | 538 | 53.6 |
| Hard to say | 126 | 12.5 |
| Prefer not to answer | 21 | 2.1 |
Q27
Choose the three targets you consider the highest priority.
Asked of 916 respondents. Up to three targets could be chosen.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Military bases and Russian troop deployment sites | 475 | 51.9 |
| Ammunition and fuel depots | 456 | 49.8 |
| Enterprises working for the Russian army | 246 | 26.9 |
| Don't know | 186 | 20.3 |
| Bridges, railways and other logistics facilities | 180 | 19.7 |
| Occupation administration buildings | 134 | 14.6 |
| Energy facilities also used by civilians | 109 | 11.9 |
| Facilities located within residential areas | 14 | 1.5 |
| Other | 71 | 7.8 |
| Prefer not to answer | 26 | 2.8 |
Other targets named (71 answers, translated by the pollster)
- everything (8)
- all (6)
- against (2)
- none (2)
- absolutely everything
- against the war
- all except 1
- all except residential areas
- All of the above
- all options apply
- all options are correct
- all options except residential areas
- all strikes are justified
- as the General Staff decides
- as they are with us
- civilians must not be hit (answer in Russian)
- cut off logistics completely
- destroying Russian military personnel
- doesn't want to answer
- Enterprises working for the Russian army and occupation administration buildings
- everyone suffers from this too
- everything at once
- everything except residential buildings
- everything except the population
- everything I listed is a priority
- everything is a priority
- everything listed
- everything related to the Russian army
- everything that has military value
- everything the Armed Forces of Ukraine consider
- everything the Armed Forces of Ukraine consider necessary
- Everything the Armed Forces of Ukraine need
- everywhere
- Farms
- I can't answer
- I can't comment on this
- I won't answer
- If the targets are expedient, the military knows
- Moscow
- not needed, everything is destroyed anyway
- Oil refineries
- plants that produce ammunition
- prefer not to answer
- Putin and his team
- railway stations
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine know better than we do
- The guys are working and know where to strike
- The Kremlin
- the military decides
- The military knows better
- the response strikes back three times harder
- They should also feel it
- troop deployment sites
- where the occupiers hide
- Where the occupiers live
- where the Russians are (derogatory)
- Wherever they are, they must be destroyed
Staying, leaving and returning
Q28
If your settlement is de-occupied, do you plan to return?
Asked of respondents whose pre-invasion settlement was occupied and remains occupied (Q5).
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Definitely no | 47 | 13.6 |
| Rather no | 72 | 20.9 |
| Rather yes | 82 | 23.8 |
| Definitely yes | 110 | 31.9 |
| Hard to say | 34 | 9.9 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 |
Q29
Why, in your opinion, do people stay in the occupied territories?
All respondents. Up to three answers could be chosen.
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of money to relocate | 427 | 42.4 |
| Unwillingness to leave their home and property | 425 | 42.2 |
| Nowhere to go | 409 | 40.6 |
| Old age or poor health | 346 | 34.4 |
| Caring for elderly relatives or people with disabilities | 317 | 31.5 |
| Pro-Russian views | 131 | 13.0 |
| Don't believe they are welcome in Ukraine | 119 | 11.8 |
| Fear of a dangerous journey | 116 | 11.5 |
| Don't see occupation as a problem for themselves | 31 | 3.1 |
| Other | 85 | 8.4 |
| Hard to say | 23 | 2.3 |
| Prefer not to answer | 6 | 0.6 |
Other reasons named (85 answers, translated by the pollster)
- everything listed (4)
- Don't know (2)
- All answers for different categories
- all except 1
- all except pro-Russian views and don't believe they are welcome in Ukraine
- all items
- all options
- all options are correct
- almost everything, but in different ways
- an elderly person won't leave
- because of animals
- because of expensive housing and low salaries
- because they're fools
- caring for someone
- Distrust of the Ukrainian authorities
- doesn't want to answer
- doing nothing because it's easier to live that way
- dont know
- Doubts that the situation will get worse
- elderly people
- everyone has different circumstances
- everyone has their own reason
- everything listed, but everyone has their own
- family and loved ones
- fear of change
- fear of going nowhere
- fear of leaving
- fear of living in a new place
- fear of the future
- fear that there is nowhere to go...
- fled out of fear
- greed for money
- hopelessness, they will then live like beggars
- hoping for de-occupation
- impossible to leave
- it was impossible to stay there, horror
- it's already hard to leave
- lack of a clear understanding of how people are evacuated
- Lack of money for living
- Lack of support from Ukraine
- legal policy on IDP support
- negative experience of those who returned, too little support for IDPs
- neither compensation nor housing
- no conditions to leave
- no money to rent housing in another city
- no money to rent housing in non-occupied territories
- No opportunity to leave
- no opportunity to leave, they shoot, hoped it would end quickly
- no relatives to go to
- no support from our government
- no support from the authorities, no housing
- no support from the state
- not knowing foreign languages
- not strong enough
- Nowhere to live
- people are waiting for Ukraine to return
- people don't trust the Ukrainian authorities
- people went to work in Russia after the collapse of the USSR
- problems with evacuation
- PROPAGANDA BRAINWASHED THEM
- relocation is expensive – about 500 dollars, and fear that they will find out someone among the evacuees serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- stupid people
- the state does not help people at all
- the state helps little and they don't want to leave their homes without money
- there are no conditions for IDPs, that's why people stay
- there is hunger there
- they are afraid of the TCC (military recruitment centres), they ask to protect men, not to take them immediately but give the family time to settle
- They are not allowed to leave
- they are not allowed to leave
- they believe the lies and hate us
- they can't rent an apartment
- they don't believe in help from the state
- they don't help displaced people
- they think everything will get better
- They think we will win
- too little support from the Ukrainian government
- Ukraine does not support IDPs
- uncertainty about what awaits them elsewhere
- uncertainty whether wages will cover rent, whether there will be enough money to live...
- waiting for de-occupation
- waiting to be liberated
Prejudice against displaced people
Q30
Have you personally faced prejudice because you are a displaced person?
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| No | 546 | 54.2 |
| Yes, sometimes | 328 | 32.6 |
| Yes, often | 125 | 12.4 |
| Hard to say | 5 | 0.5 |
| Prefer not to answer | 3 | 0.3 |
Q31
In which situations?
Asked of respondents who have faced prejudice (Q30: yes, sometimes or often).
| Answer | N | 2026 % |
|---|---|---|
| In everyday communication | 303 | 66.9 |
| Renting housing | 197 | 43.5 |
| Employment | 83 | 18.3 |
| On social media | 82 | 18.1 |
| In government institutions | 81 | 17.9 |
| In healthcare facilities | 61 | 13.5 |
| At my child's school or kindergarten | 53 | 11.7 |
| Hard to say | 6 | 1.3 |
| Prefer not to answer | 0 | 0.0 |