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Executive Director, Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, former civil servant and analyst at the National Institute of Strategic Studies (UA)
Dec 3, 2022 9 tweets 7 min read
How #Ukrainian people see the victory, what they are doing to achieve it, do they understand the limits of the possible in war, how do they see #Ukraine’s dependence on partners and allies.
A 🧵based on results of the several polls conducted by @dem_initiatives in 2022: 1. Nation is united than ever before to complete the mission of survival.
Amid heavy fighting in Donetsk region, before successful offensives in Kharkiv and Kherson region majoritu of Ukrainians expressed strong faith in victory (beginning of August 2022)
Nov 30, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
New fresh report from #Kherson on methods and goals of real #FSB work in the Ukrainian occupied territories. Must read. First hand from man who survived. Thanks to @HromadskeUA @Hromadske . Before they translate into English, here are key points, 🧵: 1/ Tortures and mock executions are routine and main methods of recruiting people. It seems that FSB operatives are working for statistics which they report to Moscow and which indicate their "efficiency". It means they have huge deficit of real supporters to expand info network
Jul 20, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
News about conscription campaign in #russiaisaterrorisstate (based on analysis of the local&regional media): 🇷🇺 sources stopped open publishing of numbers and reporting about achievements. In a number of regions there are more reports about punishing draft evasion. Details in🧵: 1. Kursk region (bordering 🇺🇦): recruitment campaign failed, 15 days before its end only 50% of new conscripts were sent to army.
2. Vladimir region (heartland, proper 🇷🇺): chief military commissioner revealed: no one want to serve in airborne assault troops to be sent to Ukraine
May 30, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
DIF conducted first F2F representative poll in 11 regions of Ukraine (May 7-15). 1,000 respondents, representing adult population (age, sex, type of settlement). Margin of error 2.2%. Funded by John Fell Oxford University Fund. Below are pictures with key results. 🧵 After 90 days of war more Ukrainians want to join EU... Image