About 63% Of Germans Support Maintaining Or Increasing Military Aid To Ukraine

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) This is according to a ZDF-Politbarometer poll published on the website of German broadcaster ZDF, Ukrinform reports.

"Solidarity with Ukraine remains strong in Germany: 30% of respondents favor increased military support for Ukraine from European countries, 33% approve of the current level of European support, and 32% call for military aid to be reduced," the report reads.

According to the poll, the overwhelming majority of Germans (79%) doubt that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is willing to end the war.

"Only 16% of Germans, including nearly half of Alternative for Germany (AfD) supporters (49%), believe that Putin is genuinely interested in a lasting ceasefire. Overall, 79% of respondents, along with the overwhelming majority of supporters of all other parties, doubt this," the report said.

Regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's position on Russia's war against Ukraine, 38% of respondents believe he is on Russia's side, only 1% think he is on Ukraine's side, while 57% are convinced that the U.S. president supports neither side.

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Germans are divided over the possibility of Russia attacking eastern NATO member states, particularly Poland and the Baltic countries. Some 46% of respondents consider such a threat realistic, while 48% do not expect such a development. Among residents of Germany's eastern federal states, 57% do not expect such an attack, compared with 46% in the western states.

According to the poll, if Bundestag elections were held next Sunday, 26% of voters would cast their ballots for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), down 2 percentage points from the previous poll. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz would receive 23%, up 2 points. The Social Democratic Party would garner 14%, the Greens 13%, and the Left Party 11%.

The poll was conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on October 20-22, 2026, among 1,225 eligible voters in Germany by telephone and online. The margin of error is approximately 2-3 percentage points.

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