{"id":7192,"date":"2025-10-13T08:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:03:52","slug":"survey-most-romanians-see-low-risk-of-russian-attack-doubt-armys-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7192","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Most Romanians see low risk of Russian attack, doubt army\u2019s readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of Romanians believe their country\u2019s army would not be able to resist for 48 hours in the event of an attack, according to a new Avangarde poll quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/social\/sondaj-avangarde-aproape-jumatate-dintre-romani-considera-armata-romana-ar-rezista-48-ore-cazul-unui-atac-58-cred-pericolul-rusia-atace-intentionat-romania-mic-foarte-mic-28-cred-romania-ar-trebui-1922405412442025101222197031\" target=\"_blank\">News.ro<\/a>. The survey also showed that most respondents see little risk of Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>According to the poll, 49% of respondents said the Romanian Army lacks the capacity to withstand a 48-hour assault, as outlined in NATO defense guidelines, while 35% said it could, and 16% did not know or declined to answer.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 58% of respondents said the danger of Russia intentionally attacking Romania is \u201csmall\u201d or \u201cvery small,\u201d while only 4% viewed the threat as \u201cvery high\u201d and 29% as \u201chigh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that 58% of Romanians support NATO\u2019s call for increased defense spending among member states, including Romania, while 30% oppose the idea. When asked about reinstating mandatory military service, 48% said it would not be a good idea, compared to 43% who said it would.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding drone incursions into Romanian airspace, 44% of respondents said such drones should \u201cdefinitely\u201d be shot down, 41% said it should depend on the situation, while 8% opposed taking such action.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, public confidence in the government\u2019s handling of national defense remains low, with 58% saying the government is managing defense policy poorly, and only 22% expressing approval.<\/p>\n<p>On the question of whether Romania should send troops to defend Moldova if attacked by Russia, 55% opposed the idea, 28% supported it, and 17% were undecided.<\/p>\n<p>The Avangarde survey, titled \u201cPerceptions of the Capabilities of the Romanian Army,\u201d was conducted by telephone between October 6 and 10 among 920 respondents. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4% at a 95% confidence level.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/bumbleedee_info\">Bumbleedee<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of Romanians believe their country\u2019s army would not be able to resist for 48 hours in the event of an attack, according to a new Avangarde poll quoted by News.ro. The survey also showed that most respondents see little risk of Russian aggression. According to the poll, 49% of respondents said the Romanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}