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As Ukraine enters its fourth year of war with Russia, the latest Fox News Poll finds Americans’ approval of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waning even as a majority continues to support giving his country financial aid.
The Fox News survey, released Thursday, was conducted before President Donald Trump’s back-to-back calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and Zelenskyy on Wednesday, during which the foreign leaders agreed to a limited ceasefire, though talks are still ongoing.
A 56% majority of U.S. voters approve of Zelenskyy’s response to the Russian invasion. That represents an 18-point decrease from 74% approval in February 2023 (the most recent time Fox asked the question), and a 20-point decrease since the war’s onset in March 2022 (76%).
That decline is mostly due to a 42-point drop in approval among Republicans (76% approved in 2022 vs. 34% today). There was also a 9-point drop among Independents while Democrats held steady (roughly 8 in 10 approving).
Fifty-six percent of voters favor continuing financial aid for the Ukrainians. That is unchanged since last year, but down 7 points from a high of 63% in January 2023.
„Republican support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine has dropped as the new president and vice president have pushed for a ceasefire and offered only conditional support of Zelenskyy“, says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson.
