More than 38% of Ukrainians are against joining NATO

38.2% of Ukrainian would have opposed Ukraine joining NATO, if such a voting was to be held next Sunday, say data of a poll conducted by the Ukrainian Alexander Yaryomenko Social Studies Institute and the Social Monitoring Center.

At the same time, 37.7% of the respondents spoke for the accession to NATO. 14.5% would abstain from the voting.

Besides, 47.3% of the respondents would vote for accession to the European Union., 31.1% would oppose it. 12.5% would prefer not to vote.

The question was held from July 5 to 16, 2,010 respondents were questioned. Statistical error is not more than 2.25%.

In early June, a similar poll conducted by the Kiev International Sociology Institute showed that 43.9% of Ukrainians would support joining NATO, while 38% would oppose it.

Previously, they in NATO announced that in case Kiev follows all instructions, the process of accession may take 5-10 years, however, the membership prospects depend on “many other things.”