We will have to answer: Kyiv residents reminded the authorities about the “shashliks” before the great war

According to KIIS, 82% of Kyiv residents believe that Ukraine has not done enough to prepare for a full-scale war. Therefore, the current authorities should seriously think about such sentiments in society and prepare to answer uncomfortable questions from Ukrainians, in particular about “shashliks.”

This was stated on the air of “Pryamoy” by Rostyslav Pavlenko, a people’s deputy from “European Solidarity”.

“It’s about the fact that there are topics that cannot be drowned out by the drumbeat of a marathon, cannot be covered with mud from telegram dumps. Because this is what people have encountered directly and personally. Who went to the terrorist defense to defend their own home with weapons in their hands, although everyone was called to barbecue and not to give in to provocations. Who volunteered then, who had to take their family abroad. In short, it affected almost everyone. And this experience, again, cannot be drowned out by propaganda. And this is something that the current government definitely needs to take into account,” Pavlenko noted.

According to him, a sociological survey showed that only 20% of Ukrainians currently trust the current government.

“I think this is the same nuclear electorate that it can count on, despite all the huge sky-high percentages of trust. And this is a very important signal that there are topics that the government is trying to avoid, because too many people know the truth there. And secondly, that such topics, when presented by society, will mean that the government may not pay such bills. So, it is worth preparing to be held accountable for the things that were not done,” the People’s Deputy added.

“Foreign intelligence, our intelligence, all the experts said that we need to prepare. Instead, there were talks about barbecues, instead, there was a withdrawal of troops. Because in fact, we only saw a couple of battalions in the north and south. We will all have to answer for this,” emphasizes Rostyslav Pavlenko, a people’s deputy from European Solidarity.

The day before, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) published a survey according to which 82% of Kyiv residents consider Ukraine’s preparation for a full-scale invasion insufficient . 72% of them place responsibility for this primarily on the central government.

Other reasons include the population’s own disbelief in the invasion (30%), insufficient efforts by the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (20%), too many resources in Russia (17%), and insufficient support from the West (16%).

Overall, 46% believe that the preparation was completely insufficient, while 36% believe that something was done, but still largely insufficient. 16% believe that Ukraine has done enough.

Previously, KIIS also conducted nationwide surveys to assess preparations for a full-scale invasion. In both May 2022 and February 2025, Ukrainians overwhelmingly also believed that Ukraine had not done enough to prepare. Moreover, critical assessments are growing – from 52% in May 2022 to 81% in February 2025, there were more people who believed that the efforts made were insufficient.

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