CNN’s numbers guy Harry Enten says there’s been a “complete flip” among Ukrainians in how they want the war with Russia to end, with a vast majority now wanting the war to end as soon as possible, rather than fighting to win.
In July, polling by Gallup indicated 69% of Ukrainians wanted “a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible,” while only 24% supported their country “continuing to fight until victory.”
CNN’s Harry Enten: Ukrainians have done a “COMPLETE FLIP”
69% now want the war to end ASAP through negotiations, up from just 22% at the start.
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“There have been some absolutely major shifts. The idea that Ukraine is going to achieve complete victory – that idea has collapsed within Ukrainian society,” Enten explained Monday.
“What are we talking about here? Ukrainians on the war versus Russia? You go back to 2022, the start of the war: fight until Ukraine wins. Look at this – the vast majority, about three quarters, 73%, agreed with that position. Negotiate to end the war as soon as possible? Only 22%.”
“Look at where we are now. It’s a complete flip. It’s the inverse,” Enten added.
“Now, 69% want to negotiate to end the war as soon as possible, compared to just 24% who want to fight until Ukraine wins. That’s a 49-point drop in this position.”
When asked by anchor John Berman what he suspected sparked the remarkable change, Enten replied: “Well, I think one of the big reasons why opinions have changed is this idea that this war is going to end anytime soon? Uh-uh, Ukrainians don’t think it will.”
“Take a look here – Ukrainians on the war ending within a year. Just 25% say that it is likely. Look at this: 68%, 68% say it is unlikely that the war will in fact end in a year.”
“And you’ll notice, John, this 68% looks a heck of a lot like this 69% who say that they want to negotiate to end the war as soon as possible,” he concluded.
On Monday, ahead of his White House meeting with European leaders, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “I’ve settled 6 Wars in 6 months, one of them a possible Nuclear disaster, and yet I have to read & listen to the Wall Street Journal, and many other who truly don’t have a clue, tell me everything that I am doing wrong on the Russia/Ukraine MESS, that is Sleepy Joe Biden’s war, not mine. I’m only here to stop it, not to prosecute it any further. It would have NEVER happened if I was President.
“I know exactly what I’m doing, and I don’t need the advice of people who have been working on all of these conflicts for years, and were never able to do a thing to stop them.
“They are ‘STUPID’ people, with no common sense, intelligence, or understanding, and they only make the current R/U disaster more difficult to FIX. Despite all of my lightweight and very jealous critics, I’ll get it done – I always do!!!”
Earlier in the day, Trump said: “I am totally convinced that if Russia raised their hands and said, ‘We give up, we concede, we surrender, we will GIVE Ukraine and the great United States of America, the most revered, respected, and powerful of all countries, EVER, Moscow and St. Petersburg, and everything surrounding them for a thousand miles, the Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners would say that this was a bad and humiliating day for Donald J. Trump, one of the worst days in the history of our Country.’
“But that’s why they are the FAKE NEWS, and the badly failing Radical Left Democrats. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!”
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