An early February poll conducted by CNN and released on the eve of the invasion showed that, when asked about whether it would be right to use military force to prevent Ukraine from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or to “reunite” with Russia, respectively, 50 percent and 36 percent of Russian respondents said yes. It is noteworthy that the word “war” did not appear in the survey. Moreover, only 13 percent of Russians actually thought that their country was “likely to initiate military action” against their neighbor.
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