In an article in Ukrainska Pravda, Maryna Starodubska shares non-obvious cross-cultural facts about Ukraine.
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Approximately 93% of Ukrainians trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and about 80% trust volunteers, whereas only 14% trust the courts, 13% trust civil servants, and 10% trust political parties. Trust is extended primarily to those whose actions and sacrifices for the public good are visibly observable.
Ukraine outperforms Russia by 9 points in attitudes toward gender equality and by 5.6 points in civic honesty, and this gap is widening with each successive generation. When researchers overlaid all regional value dimensions onto a single map, no Ukrainian cluster coincided with any Russian cluster. One society equates democracy with obedience; the other, with asserting one's own opinion and freedom.
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March 10, 2026
