Fifty-nine percent of Lithuanians believe Ukraine will win the war against Russia, according to a new survey.
Kantar published its War Barometer survey on Friday. It asked respondents about what they believed the outcome of the conflict would be. The majority, 59 percent, believed Ukraine would win, 5 percent predicted victory for Russia, while 18 percent said they did not know or neither side would win.
The war had an emotional impact on 67 percent of Lithuanians, according to the survey. Around half of them said they felt anger, discouragement and anxiety. Fear was reported by 35 percent of respondents, followed by frustration and disappointment by 32 percent.
“The barometer shows that Lithuania and the Baltic states in general feel the most anxious about the war and have high levels of fear,” Renata Sadunisvili, director of market Research and insight at Kantar, said in a statement.
“Although Lithuania does not have a direct border with Ukraine […], history does not make it feel any safer,” she said.
Asked whether they believed the war could escalate to involve more countries, 57 percent said they did not know, 23 percent thought it could happen, and 21 percent said the war would not spread beyond Russia and Ukraine.
Almost four-fifths, or 79 percent, said they followed information about the war provided by Ukraine, 19 percent said they were trying to take both sides into account, and 2 percent followed Russia’s position only.
It shows that “the Russian narrative does not work in Lithuania”, Sadunisvili said.
“Given the level of Russian propaganda, this marks great appreciation of the work our country’s media and communication professionals do. The country’s population is united, there is no division,” she said.
In Lithuania, 600 people aged 18 to 65 were interviewed for survey on March 19-25.
Kantar also interviewed people in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, and Serbia.
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