Introduction

The authors describe the history and evolution of the national monitoring of social change since 1992 and outline the methodological features of conducting surveys during wartime (2022–2025), including the transition to a telephone format (CATI) and a mixed design (CATI-CAWI).

Based on long-term research data, key transformations in Ukrainian society under the impact of full-scale war are identified: consolidation around a European civilizational choice, overcoming regional differences and "East Slavic alienation," strengthening of national and civic identity, and the perception of Ukraine as a subject of global politics. Positive changes in the structure of societal drivers (increased trust in the army and volunteers) and the population's adaptation to extreme conditions are noted, manifested in the stabilization of public sentiment in 2025 after its deterioration in 2023–2024.