After Trump clash, Zelensky’s approval rating in Ukraine rises to 67%

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House clash with US President Donald Trump, a poll by a leading Ukrainian pollster showed on Friday.

The poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) showed that 67 per cent of respondents trusted Zelensky in March, up from 57 per cent a month earlier.

The survey was conducted from February 14 to March 4 – a challenging time for Zelensky as Kyiv’s relations with the United States, its biggest military backer, plunged into crisis after the Oval Office meeting on February 28.

Anton Hrushetskyi, KIIS’ executive director, said the poll showed Ukrainians were rallying behind Zelensky more than three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion.

“Ukrainians perceive the rhetoric of the new US administration as an attack on the whole of Ukraine and all Ukrainians,” Hrushetskyi said in a statement.

He said Ukrainians want peace but not a peace that comes at too high a cost.

  

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