These are the results of the June closed survey of the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (UCDGM) about the attitude of Russians to the so-called "special operation", which The Bell published.

The survey called

was conducted by telephone among 1,600 respondents.

The results of the research were considered at one of the meetings in the presidential administration on the 20th of June, an interlocutor close to the Kremlin told the publication.

How the Russians feel about the continuation of the war

The main result of the survey is a split of opinions by exactly half in response to the question of what

.

44% of respondents voted for both options, while another 12% could not answer the question.

Another question of the sociologists about the future of the war sounded like this:

The majority here are supporters of the continuation of the war: 57% against 30%, the rest could not answer.

How Russians generally feel about war

By June 22, the share of those who rather support her was fixed at the level of 70% (the question was asked weekly this month).

The share of those who rather do not support was 17%, another 13% could not answer.

It is noteworthy that on the day after the announcement of the special operation, the lowest number of respondents during the period of observation of the UCDGM expressed their support for it: 65%.

• The 18-24 age group supports the war the least: 37% rather do not support it, 38% rather support it.

• In the 25-34 age group, it is 26% and 50%, respectively.

• 35-44 years old — 18% and 72%.

• 45 and 59 years old — 12% and 79%.

• 60 years and older — 9% and 84%.

A breakdown of media consumption groups:

• among those who classify themselves as active TV viewers, 81% are more likely to support the "special operation" (the share of those who are more likely to oppose it is 11%);

• among active Internet users, the number of supporters of the war decreases to 45% (the share of those who are more likely to oppose it is 33%).

In the section of the self-assessment of the financial situation:

• among those who rate their financial situation as

  good

  , 15% do not support the war, 75% support it;

• on average

  , 17% do

  not support, 71% support;

• as

  bad

  — 22% do not support, 61% support.

To the question

:

• 68% of the respondents answered "rather positively" — and this is the highest percentage that has been achieved during the entire period of UCDGM polls, starting from February;

• 18% of respondents have a "rather negative" attitude to the war - the lowest percentage since February, when the figure was 27%;

• 5% of respondents chose the answer "rather indifferent";

• 9% could not answer.

In the youngest group of respondents, the answers to these questions were equally distributed: 37% to 37%, and 12% reported their indifference.

In the 25-34 age group, the ratio was 33% to 45%, and the share of those indifferent to the war was 11%.

How young people vote

One of the most revealing conclusions that can be drawn based on the survey: young Russians are determined to end the war, and their attitude towards Putin in connection with the "special operation" and sanctions is not changing for the better.

The majority of young and middle-aged people are in favor of negotiations instead of continuing hostilities:

• in the group of 18-24 years, 79% of respondents spoke in favor of negotiations;

• in the 25-34 age group — 56%;

• in the group of 35-44-year-olds — 46%.

The older the respondents, the more among them believe that Russia should continue fighting: 54% in the 45-59 age group and 57% in the 60+ group.

Young people are also in favor of a faster cessation of hostilities - and with a large advantage in their age groups: in the 18-24 and 25-34 age groups, the majority is in favor of ending the hostilities as soon as possible.

• In the first group, it is 56% against 19% supporters of the continuation of military operations.

• In the second - 43% against 41%.

There are more supporters of continuing the war in older age groups: in the 35-44 age group, 52% versus 34%, 45-59 years — 70% versus 21%, 60 years and older — 72% versus 20%.

Russia's war against Ukraine

• At 5 o'clock in the morning on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the "DPR" and "LPR" groups.

  On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

  On February 22, the Council of the Federation ratified this decision.

• All days of the war, Ukrainian cities were bombarded with rockets, aircraft flew over them.

  Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

  Representatives of the Lukashenka regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus to be occupied and calls for resistance to the Russian invaders.

• On February 27, the International Territorial Defense Legion was created in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were invited to join it.

  Belarusians also entered there.

  During the three and a half months of the war, six Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the USU died at the front: Alyaksei "Tur" Skoblya, Ilya "Litvin" Hrenau, Zmytser "Terror" Apanasovich, Zmytser "Hans" Rubashevsky, Konstantin "Phoenix" Dubail, Pavel "Volat" , Ivan "Brest" Marchuk.

  In the battle where Marchuk was killed, another six Belarusian fighters disappeared without a trace.

• On June 17, the fighters of the Kalinovsky regiment received the state Ukrainian awards "For combat merits" and "Ukraine above all".

• On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission that will investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

  It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Contrary to Putin's statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

  The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs, against civilians.

• On April 1, Lithuania became the first country in the European Union to completely abandon Russian gas.

  Latvia and Estonia followed her example.

  Germany has promised to completely stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022.

• On April 2, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops.

  Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

  The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan.

  It is also known about a number of rapes, including babies.

• In April, missile attacks on Ukraine and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus decreased, Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

• On May 9, the US President signed the Land Leasing Law.

  This law restores the program from the Second World War, which will speed up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and increase the amount of such assistance.

• On the night of May 17, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, confirmed the beginning of the operation to rescue the Ukrainian soldiers, who were trapped in the territory of "Azovstal".

  According to her, 53 seriously wounded were evacuated from there to the medical facility of occupied Novoazovsk.

  Another 211 people were brought to Alenivka through the humanitarian corridor.

  The Ministry of Defense of Russia states that almost 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers at the plant "surrendered" as of May 18.

  The International Red Cross officially registered these fighters as prisoners of war.

• Since its inception, thousands of volunteers from 55 countries have joined the Foreign Legion, including Canada, the Baltic States, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, the USA, the Czech Republic, Finland and other countries.

  Several foreigners who fought for Ukraine were captured and died.

• In June, the so-called "DPR" sentenced two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco to death.

• Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

  Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

• On June 25, Ukrainian troops retreated from the city of Severodanetsk to fortified positions.

  The city was captured by the Russian military.

• Independent verification of information about military actions provided by officials of various parties is still impossible.