The data comes from a new poll by former Conservative Vice-Chairman Lord Ashcroft, who led the survey in Ukraine, Russia and 11 neighboring countries, including Finland, Latvia and Serbia. The series of polls focused on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and included questions such as the expected duration of the conflict, Russia’s or Ukraine’s chances of victory, and which ally leader is most respected in Ukraine.
The prime minister has made two visits to Ukraine since the conflict began, and both occasions have been praised by President Zelensky and by supporters of Johnson at home.
Speaking to The Telegraph via video link early last month, the Ukrainian president said he is “happy” and “believes that Boris Johnson is a true friend of Ukraine”.
He added: “I consider him our ally. I consider Britain our great friend. I cannot comment on their internal political situation, I honestly do not know the details, I hope Prime Minister Johnson will forgive me.”
He continued: “I am very happy that Boris has openly supported us. Boris is a concrete leader who supports Ukraine.”
According to Lord Ashcroft’s poll, the British Prime Minister is considered “somewhat” or “very” favorable by 90 percent of people in Ukraine, with President Zelensky in favor of only three percent.
Ukraine’s other allies are lagging with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at 42 percent alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.
President Joe Biden is close behind Johnson with a favorable 89 percent.
In his report, Lord Ashcroft joked that the small percentage between President Zelensky and Mr Johnson “leads to the vain thought that if Boris is to get another confidence vote he should ask that it be held in Kiev rather than Westminster.”
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The prime minister was questioned by the BBC about the cost of helping Ukraine through the conflict, to which he replied: “I think the price of freedom is sometimes worth paying.”
He continued: “Remember that in the middle of the last century it took the democracies a long time to recognize that they had to resist tyranny and aggression, it took them a lot of time, it was very expensive.
“What it eventually bought, with the defeat of the dictators, especially Nazi Germany, brought decades and decades of stability.”
When Lord Ashcroft asked in his polls whether various states and institutions were doing enough to help, Britain came out of the top eleven.
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The general response was that their own country was doing very well, but the results for NATO were less positive, with less than 50 percent of respondents saying it is doing enough.
When asked the same question to Ukrainians, less than one in four believed France and Germany were doing enough and only one in three said the same about NATO and only four in ten were happy with the European Union.
The US was welcomed positively, but the UK won the poll when Ashcroft was told that “it is really true that Ukrainian soldiers shout ‘God save the Queen’ when they fire their British anti-tank weapons.”