Even if such steps would bring peace, Ukrainians oppose giving special status to the Russian-controlled Donbas by 56.1 percent to 26.4 percent and transforming their country into a federal state as a whole by 59.1 percent to 21 percent, according to a new poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. The agency surveyed … Continue reading Ukrainians overwhelmingly reject federalization of their country