More than half of Romanians believe Russia is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine, yet 44% think Moscow will ultimately prevail, according to a new survey by INSCOP Research. The findings point to a growing sense of pessimism about Kyiv\u2019s chances despite continued attribution of blame to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n
The poll<\/a>, conducted between January 28 and February 6, 2026, at the request of the New Strategy Center, showed that 54.9% of respondents say Russia is to blame for triggering the conflict, down from 71.2% in May 2022 but slightly above the 49.8% recorded in November 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the same time, 44.5% believe Russia will win the war, a sharp increase from 26.1% in May 2022 and 32.6% in November 2023. Only 23.4% expect Ukraine to win, compared with 50.3% shortly after the invasion.<\/p>\n Some 14.1% of respondents blamed Ukraine for starting the war, 7.7% pointed to the United States, and 9% to the European Union, while 10.8% did not provide an answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n Russia was most often identified as responsible by Social Democrats (PSD), Liberals (PNL), and USR voters, younger respondents under 30, and those over 60, particularly in Bucharest.<\/p>\n On how the conflict should end, 53.3% said Russia should withdraw and return Ukrainian territories, down from 64.7% in November 2023. Meanwhile, 35.4% believe Ukraine should make concessions to Russia to stop the war, up from 24.5% previously.<\/p>\n When asked about Romania\u2019s role, 31.5% said the country should provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, 10.5% military assistance, and 12.2% financial support. However, 42.6% believe Romania should not offer any aid.<\/p>\n The survey was conducted through telephone interviews on a nationally representative sample of 1,100 adults aged 18 and over, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3% at a 95% confidence level.<\/p>\n irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n (Photo source: Sj<\/a>ankauskas\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than half of Romanians believe Russia is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine, yet 44% think Moscow will ultimately prevail, according to a new survey by INSCOP Research. The findings point to a growing sense of pessimism about Kyiv\u2019s chances despite continued attribution of blame to the Kremlin. The poll, conducted between January […]<\/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-8979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8979","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=8979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}