KYIV, Aug 19 – Some 80% of Ukrainians today would support the proclamation of Ukraine's independence, according to the results of a survey by the sociological group Rating.

"Some 80% of all respondents today would support the proclamation of the Independence of Ukraine, only 15% would be against it, and another 5% found it difficult to answer," said deputy director of the sociological group Rating Liubomyr Mysiv at the presentation of the survey dubbed "Generation of independence: values and incentives" at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Thursday.