Eastern Europe

War leads to decline in trust for Ukrainian Church

As the Russo-Ukrainian war progresses, Ukrainians trust the Church less and less.

That is shown by a new survey of the Razumkov Center. In recent times, the level of trust decreased to 61 per cent. According to the Razumkova director, Yuriy Yakymenko, this is a “significant change compared to previous indicators.”

Of the 2020 adult respondents, 8.9 per cent indicated that they do not trust the Church at all. Almost 16 per cent is inclined to mistrust the Church, while 39.3 per cent generally believes in the Church. An additional 21.5 per cent says to trust the Church entirely. More than 14 per cent of the respondents indicated that they find it difficult to answer this question.

Ukrainian church loses trust among population

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The Ukrainian military enjoys the greatest amount of trust compared to other public institutions. Of the respondents, 93 per cent expressed trust in the armed forces of their country, Slovoproslovo writes. According to Yakymenko, this shows that Ukrainians count on the military and volunteers who protect the country. President Zelensky has the trust of 82 per cent of the survey participants.

The Security Service of Ukraine enjoys the trust of 66 per cent of the respondents and the police 59, as reported by InVictory.

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