According to a survey, 77 percent of Germans believe that the West should initiate negotiations to end the Ukraine war. This emerges from a survey by the opinion research institute Forsa for the RTL/ntv "trend barometer". 17 percent thought the West should not do that at the moment.

87 percent of those surveyed think it is right for Western heads of government to continue talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 11 percent didn't think that was right.

26 percent of respondents believe that the federal government is doing too little to support Ukraine. 43 percent felt the level of support was just right. 25 percent were of the opinion that the federal government was doing too much for Ukraine.

According to the survey, almost a third of Germans (32 percent) were in favor of supplying more heavy weapons to Ukraine - even if this was at the expense of equipment for the Bundeswehr. In contrast, 62 percent of Germans were of the opinion that Germany should not do this.