Russian media, as well as anonymous telegram channels that spread pro-Russian rhetoric, claim that 47% of Odesa residents oppose Ukraine's entry into NATO. Like, such data was published in the results of a poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (USA). It's fake.

Specialists in the StopFake project drew attention to it. They claim that in fact 53% of Odesans would vote for joining NATO and only 18% are against. At the end of June, the International Republican Institute did indeed publish the results of a poll where respondents were asked whether they would vote for Ukraine's entry into NATO if a referendum on this issue was held “now”. It does not indicate that the remaining 47% of respondents from Odesa oppose Ukraine's accession. If one reads the original document with the study in more detail, on page 136 one can find that only 18% of Odesans openly oppose it. Another 21% of respondents answered that they would not vote at all, and 8% preferred not to answer or found it difficult to answer.

By spreading such fakes, propagandists want to show that Ukrainians allegedly oppose Ukraine's integration into NATO, especially in the southern and eastern regions of the country. Last week, Detector Media wrote on what propagandists were talking about the recent NATO summit in Vilnius.