KIEV, Dec. 1 – Nearly one-third of Ukrainians - 31.5% - see the conflict in Donbas as a separatist rebellion supported by Russia, and another 28% consider it a war between Ukraine and Russia, as is seen from a public opinion poll of 2,008 respondents aged 18 and older, conducted by the Razumkov Center sociological service on November 6-12.

The poll showed that 16.3% of the respondents view the events in eastern Ukraine as a civil war, 8.4% as a war between Russia and the U.S., and 7.4% as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics' (DPR and LPR) struggle for independence.

As many as 71.8% of those polled see Russia as an aggressor and a party to the conflict in Donbas, while 12.2% are of the view that Russia is unrelated to the events in eastern Ukraine and is not a party to the conflict.