Poll shows more than 50% of Ukrainians fear Trump's efforts may lead to unjust peace

More than 50 percent of Ukrainians are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump's peace efforts, fearing they are likely to lead to a partly unjust or completely unfair end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a Ukrainian pollster said on Tuesday.

Trump has promised to bring about a quick end to the three-year-old war. After taking office, he has once laid blame on Kyiv for the conflict. He also temporarily suspended military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) said it based its findings on a survey of 1,326 people on Ukrainian-held territory from March 12-22.

It said that 32 percent of respondents expected "rather an unjust peace, although with the fulfilment of some of Ukraine's demands," while 22 percent expected a "totally unjust peace."

Only 3 percent said they believed Trump could bring about a just peace, with 15 percent expecting a "rather just peace, although with some concessions to Russia," it added.

The figures suggest Ukrainians have grown less optimistic about Trump's efforts since he took office in January.

In December, 20 percent had said they expected a "rather unjust peace," with 11 percent expecting a totally unjust outcome, KIIS reported of its surveys.

"Even before 2025, there was some disappointment with the U.S. actions in Ukraine, and the Trump administration is quite decisively cementing the disapproval of the U.S.," KIIS's executive director, Anton Hrushetskyi, said in a statement.

Separately, 67 percent of Ukrainians believe the U.S. is getting tired of Ukraine and trying to press it to accept concessions, KIIS said.

(With input from Reuters)