The majority of residents of the South Caucasus regions expressed their readiness to fight for their homeland

96%, 88% and 83% of residents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, respectively, are ready to fight for their homeland. These are the results of a survey conducted by the international research organization Gallup International. These countries made it into the top five along with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

In Ukraine, judging by polls, 62% of residents are ready to defend their country. In the Russian Federation - only 32%, while 48% answered “I don’t know”, and 20% - that they are not ready.

The organization notes that as part of the study, 46,138 people from 45 countries were interviewed. 52% of respondents said they agreed to fight for their Motherland. 10 years ago this figure was 61%.

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