Trust in national telethon United News continues to fall - KIIS poll

Trust in the telethon, which launched on Feb. 24, 2022 to unify Ukraine’s official news programs, has decreased by 26% since May of last year,

The survey, conducted between May 2022 and December 2023, shows a decrease in trust from 69% to 48% in October, with a further drop to 43% in December.

At the same time, the number of people who do not trust the telethon has increased to 38%, while 19% remain undecided.

The KIIS also found that those who do not trust President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are more critical of the telethon, while 52% of Zelenskyy's supporters trust it (29% do not trust, 19% are undecided).

The level of trust in the telethon is about the same in all regions - 42-44%.

The survey, conducted via telephone interviews between Dec. 4 and Dec. 10, included 1,200 respondents from all Kyiv-controlled Ukrainian regions.