Kyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the results of the latest sociological research, which shows the increase of supporters of Ukraine membership in NATO.
According to the survey, if the referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO took place in March 43.3% of Ukrainians would support this decision and 33.4% would be against.
Another 9.6% of Ukrainians would not participate in the vote. 13.7% of respondents refused to answer.
Attitude of Ukrainians toward NATO has a clear regional differentiation. In western Ukraine, most of people - 63% - supports NATO membership. In the central part of our country's share of supporters of joining to NATO prevails, but is slightly less than half the population - 47.3%. In the south this decision is supported by 24.7% of the population in the east - 26.2%.