"Opinion polls show the mood in the country worsening as exhaustion and tension take hold, said Oleksiy Antypovych of the Ukrainian polling outfit Rating Group. He explained that the number of people fed up with endless Russian attacks and this year's extremely cold winter weather is growing but added that this was not the result of changing political tides but rather the general emotional state of Ukrainians after four years of war."
"Despite these very trying circumstances, Ukrainians remain unwilling to give in to the Kremlin's demands and accept peace at any price. "[Russian President Vladimir] Putin's use of attacks and the cold to pressure Ukraine has worsened the mood. But that changes nothing about how people feel about Vladimir Putin, Russia or the war that Russia is prosecuting. Ukrainians don't want to make any concessions on territory or anything else," Antypovych told DW."
""A majority of Ukrainians know, from recent events as well as history, that capitulation and the signing of an unfavorable peace agreement will not make things better. You don't need to explain anything to the Ukrainians about who the Russians really are and how this all began. They saw it firsthand in the Kherson, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions. Public opinion on this is not shifting much. That's why, despite it all, Ukraine is still holding on," he told DW."
Massive Russian drone and missile attacks have targeted infrastructure and cities, leaving many Ukrainians without water, electricity and sometimes heat for 20 hours or more each day in temperatures as low as -15 Celsius. Opinion polls show worsening mood as exhaustion and tension grow, driven by prolonged attacks and an extremely cold winter rather than changing political preferences. The number of people fed up with the conditions is increasing, yet Ukrainians remain unwilling to accept peace on unfavorable terms or make territorial concessions. Mutual trust and civic cooperation have been essential to national survival and sustain optimism despite the hardship.
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