Poll: 13% of Ukrainians believe elections in east Ukraine can end war

Such results of the poll were presented by Maria Zolkina, the political analyst of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation at a briefing in Kyiv, Ukrinform reports. "Only 13% of Ukrainians believe that elections in the territories, not controlled by the Government of Ukraine, are the measure which may facilitate settlement of the conflict in Donbas. Even a smaller number of respondents, 6%, believe that amnesty could be such a measure,” she said. Zolkina noted that 43% of Ukrainians had stated that no elections could soon be held in the militant-controlled territories in Donbas. According to her, the option of granting a specific status to Donbas does not find support among the majority of the population. Only 13% of respondents believe it would help resolve the conflict.