Ukrainians’ trust in some global leaders shifts sharply, with Trump among least trusted
According to a study by Info Sapiens, Ukrainians are showing a decline in trust in global leaders, including US President Donald Trump.
The article analyses an Info Sapiens survey commissioned by the New Europe Centre, conducted between 5 and 26 November 2025. The sample comprised 1,000 respondents, with a theoretical margin of error not exceeding 3.1% at a 0.95 confidence level.
The results show that only 10.6% of respondents believe the United States is doing everything possible to help Ukraine win, while a further 18.2% answered "rather yes".
By contrast, 36.2% of Ukrainians categorically disagree with this statement, and another 29.1% are mostly in disagreement.
The reasons for this shift are attributed to the suspension of US military assistance to Ukraine and the promotion of peace initiatives that more closely resemble a list of Kremlin demands.
As a result, this has affected trust in the American leader: only 24.4% of Ukrainians say they trust Trump.
A year earlier, after Trump had won the election but before taking office, trust in him among Ukrainians stood at 44.6% – significantly higher than among residents of most EU countries.
By November 2025, however, 72.7% of Ukrainians said they did not trust Trump, placing the US president among the lowest-ranked figures in terms of public trust in Ukraine.
The new Polish President Karol Nawrocki also has a low level of trust among Ukrainians, with only 44% saying they trust him.
Trust is similarly low in Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, at 28.5%, and in his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, at just 12.4%.
Meanwhile, the top three figures in terms of distrust among Ukrainians are the leaders of aggressor states: Vladimir Putin at 98%, Alexander Lukashenko at 93.8%, and Viktor Orbán at 83%.
Close behind are China's leader Xi Jinping at 81.1%, Fico at 63.4%, and Nawrocki at 50.9%.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the start of a meeting between the Ukrainian, German and US sides in Berlin, which will also continue on Monday 15 December.
The invitation to the Americans followed a tense phone call between Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, during which the parties sought to overcome differences over the direction of peace efforts.
US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that five-hour talks between the Ukrainian and US delegations on the "peace plan" had produced "significant progress".