Yaroslav kaczynskis ruling law and Justice Party is in the lead, gaining almost 37 of the vote. In second place was the Civil Coalition led by donald tusk, which received up to 32 of the vote. Together with two other opposition parties, they may have enough votes to form a majority government. That is why both the ruling and opposition parties are declaring their victory. We have the first exit polls which give us the fourth victory in the history of our party, but of course we still have the question of whether we can translate this success into another term as the ruling party, and that is something we have not yet know, but we need to have hope and we must know that whether we are in power or in opposition, we will implement this project in different ways and not lets betray poland. I have been a politician and an athlete for many years, and i have never been so happy with this second place in my life. Poland won, democracy won, we removed them from power, this is the end of the government of law and justice. The official results of the elections to the polish parliament will be announced on tuesday. At the same time, poles voting activity was historically high. More than 70 of voters came to the polling stations. Voice of america broadcast executive joins our broadcast. In eastern europe, myroslava gongadze, who monitored voting in warsaw. Myroslava, congratulations, although the official results are not yet known, please tell me who has the best chances to form a coalition . A very valid question, maria, the fact is that there is actually one and another power , as you said, they have already announced their victory, but in fact, that one and that other power have such a chance, now we expect that after the announcement of the official results. President duda must convene the parliament and give the opportunity to one of the forces, Political Forces, to form this government, and here the question is whether he will give this right to the party, the right and justice, which actually received the largest number of votes in the elections, will he still give the opposition party, which actually has a better chance of forming a coalition, most likely, according to analysts, still the first right to get, an attempt. To form a government , there will be law and justice, we know that they have already governed the country for more than eight years and this will be the third term of governing the country, and in fact, the fact that the poles came so actively to vote, this time, it says that a large number of poles they still want changes, politics in poland as well, maria, the activity of polish voters is really high. What can be said about their attitudes regarding, in particular, support for ukraine . So, as i say, i have been to several polling stations, and in fact, many people say, we want change, we want change, but poland is actually very polarized today, and of course many people, practically half, or half poles remained not, not satisfied with these results, because one can say, one can say, what will happen next to continue is no longer official. Election campaign, but a political campaign, and in fact there will be many questions regarding the formation of these coalitions, regarding ukraine, and i talked, well , actually during this election, election campaign, support for ukraine decreased by 10 , but still the poles remain with awareness or understanding that ukraine needs to be supported, and none of the Political Forces say. That they categorically refuse to support ukraine, but if law and justice will form this government, then it will form a government with potentially its partners, this confederate. Which takes very radical antiukrainian positions, i also talked to european politicians, the head of the osce delegation, observers, was at one of the polling stations, and heres what he told me about ukraines support in europe. After the covid pandemic , russias illegal aggression in ukraine began, the most important answer is unity. As the vicepresident of the osce parliamentary assembly, i was in kyiv, the 22nd year and the most Important Message for the people of ukraine, is to be united. Myroslav, recently slovakia elected its parliament, prorussian forces won there. How can this be compared to the political or social mood in poland. How do you generally assess the mood of europeans . Maria, i spoke with many politicians on the eve of the elections, both from one and another political force, i must. Say that, for example, representatives of law and justice said that they were very disappointed with ukraines position recently, especially in connected with the grain, grain crisis that happened later the comments of the ukrainian authorities regarding this crisis, and they said that here we are, 38 million poles, stood side by side with the ukrainians, and now we believe, we feel that the ukrainians do not respect us, the other half did not speak much about ukraine on the eve of the elections , but they are now declaring that ukrainian interests and ukraines integration into the European Union will also be on their agenda. Therefore, if we talk about brussels in general, then brussels can be said to have breathed a sigh of relief to some extent, because in fact they were very critical of the current the rightwing radical polish government, due to. Restriction of freedoms due to the position on immigration policy, also due to restrictions due to the implementation of the reform of the Law Enforcement system and all this was criticized by brussels and they did not give poland funds because they said that poland should first meet european standards, and tusk promised that all these things will be guaranteed in poland, that he will undo all these, as he said, regressive reforms, and then poland will receive all the funds from the European Union, so in fact it is many politicians, i spoke with many european politicians here in warsaw, in prague, and they say that they are actually satisfied with the results of the elections in poland, and they say that this is an additional trump card for them, to restrain. The right of such populists the right of radical sentiments in europe. Mary thank you miroslava for such an interesting analysis. We will continue to monitor the political situation in europe, the development of events. I would like to remind you that for our broadcast there are elections in poland, commented the head of the voice of america broadcasting in eastern europe, myroslava gongadze. Ms. Pritzker, the us special representative for the economic recovery of ukraine , is currently in kyiv. She. In particular, with president volodymyr zelsky, representatives of the American Chamber of commerce and the National Anticorruption bureau. Pritzker said that she is working with the Ukrainian Government to support the export of ukrainian goods and mobilize Foreign Direct Investment in ukraine. Posadovits also announced further visits to kyiv in order to continue to improve relations between the americans investors and ukrainian business. Today we met with nabu and sap, which were formed to create a strong independent anticorruption structure. And we very much support it. Ukrainians want to have a transparent and prosperous economy that is integrated into europe. A lot needs to be done for this. The European Union has defined what is necessary for promotion to the eu. Part of our work, and the ambassador and i are working closely together here, is to help ukraine move forward with a set of reforms and approaches that will increase the likelihood of attracting more and more. Investments in ukraine. Despite domestic american problems, political infighting in congress, and the conflict in israel, americans continue to largely support continued aid to ukraine. However, according to polls, the level of support is decreasing. Iryna shynkarenko asked how this could affect the decision of the american authorities regarding aid to ukraine and whether it could change with the worsening of the situation in the middle east. I am in favor of financing ukraine in the war as much as necessary, we definitely do not want russia, china to seize that part of the world, so im all for giving her everything she needs, we dont spend a lot of money, we actually give them equipment, tanks and stuff, so im not too worried about the money, besides, were a very rich country. Yes, i would send for humanitarian, i think for humanitarian needs, its expensive and our country has its own problems right now, so many people would like the money to go in other directions, but i just feel because the us has really helped a lot of people in Different Countries in a time of trouble, that this is one of those times. The desire of the americans to provide ukraine armaments are still substantial, but have decreased recently. This is evidenced by a joint survey of the International Company isos and the reuters agency, conducted at the beginning of october. According to his data, 41 of us citizens believe that washington should provide ukraine with weapons, while in june of this year supporters of providing them to kyiv. Weapons were 65 , in may 46 . The authors of the survey say that the level of military and economic support for ukraine is decreasing due to the americans own financial problems. On our surveys, as well as on some other recent polls, i would say the most important reason right now is the current state of the economy, especially the cost of staples and fuel. So, for example, when we asked the question about the willingness to pay for fuel in order to maintain sanctions against russia, we found that 54 of americans are no longer willing to pay for it in exchange for sanctions, including 40 of democrats and 66 of republicans. This was not the case before. Another survey by the Chicago Council of of global affairs, held in early september. According to his data, six out of ten us citizens are in favor of providing weapons and money to ukraine, however, support also decreased by 5 for Financial Aid and by two percent for weapons over the year, analysts call this drop insignificant considering the duration of the war. Support remains quite significant when one considers how long the war has been going on, how much longer than the americans probably initially predicted, and how much money in economic and military terms any protracted conflict usually starts lose support, another factor is that they probably didnt think we would spend so much money on it. Despite the long war and economic challenges, sociologists emphasize, the topic of ukraine remains relevant for ordinary americans, who are traditionally used to paying more attention to domestic affairs. Show that after a year and a half of full scale war, interest in news from ukraine in the United States has fallen by 16 , while more than half of the americans polled continue to believe that the problems in ukraine require the attention of the United States. Is devoted to this particular issue extremely high attention. Americans usually pay a little less attention to Foreign Affairs than to domestic affairs. But in this case it is not so. Interestingly, according to our numbers, we see that 61 of 51 of republicans have heard or have some information about the ukrainian counteroffensive. So again, thats a pretty big number for whats considered a Foreign Policy issue. At the same time, the latest events in the Congress Also influenced the opinions of americans regarding support for ukraine, say the chekasky council on global affairs. Sociologists point out that if you look at the numbers in general, in recent polls, support for kyiv does not show a sharp decline, but among people who identify with the republican party, it is noticeable. According to analysts, discussions surrounding the adoption of the budget, as well as public debates of republicans before the president ial elections, contributed to this. Support among republicans for bailouts has fallen from 75 in march 2022 to 47 now. So thats where the biggest drop happened, and thats a really big difference. Between republicans and democrats, it reflects whats happening in the political debate, while most republicans in congress support continued aid, theres a pretty vocal minority thats raising the question of whether the United States should be helping ukraine or should focus on other issues, thats what some Congressional Republicans are saying, and so obviously some republicans in the public are also asking them that question. However, sociologists say that there is movement in both directions, and such polls of americans opinions can also influence politicians. I used to work in the state department, conducted Public Opinion polls there, and i can say that polls are part of the information they use to make decisions. So in this case , i think president baytin can clearly say to americans most americans support continued aid to ukraine, but Republican Leaders can say look, the republican electorate is divided, and we need to listen to some of their concerns as well. So in this case, it could go either way. Analysts. Predict, now on the American Opinion that the war in israel can also influence the support of kyiv, but together with fears that it will divert attention from ukraine, analysts see a chance to rally people against the aggressors, i think that there may be a certain deeper rethinking here, and i i think that the hawks will have stronger support among the american population, which is beginning to understand more that it is all connected and that the world is dangerous and requires american participation in the settlement and in the protection of, i would say, a peaceful order. I really think so the situation in israel may distract certain people from ukraine, but it may also highlight that people are beginning to exploit these loopholes, and we need to help ensure peace in these two very important regions for the United States. Iryna shenkarenko, vyacheslav filyushkin, dmytro savchuk, voice of america. In two years, the number of women in the armed forces of ukraine has increased by 12,000. Currently , almost 43,000 servicemen are serving. Despite this, women still receive male style military uniforms and armor. While the ministry of defense is only developing appropriate equipment, in a comfortable uniform of the defenders is put on by volunteers. What are the features of womens armor and how much does it cost, lesya found out. Bakalets, why havent i seen this before, its just gorgeous. Zsu officer maria is trying on womens military uniforms, which are sewn by volunteers, for the first time. She says that she has never had such a comfortable jacket and pants since the beginning of her service. The fit is very cool, look, that is, it goes on the waist, not lower, not higher, that is, it is perfect exactly where the womans waist is, maria joined the armed forces with the beginning of a fullscale intrusion. Her whole family did the same, mother, father, husband, maria says, she got a uniform of a male model , she already adjusted the skirts to her parameters, its like a uniform, i dont know from the older brother, but really, the older brother wore it for you too they gave and you are already there somewhere they will tighten, sew, patch, maria serves in the rear and is sure that if she is uncomfortable in such a uniform during the day, then the women on the front line are ready, chronicles of running through the forest, officer olya. The runner communicates with in the voice of america straight from the line the front now we are in the bakhmut district, we are carrying out the tasks of deoccupation of the territory, of the entire set of standard military uniforms, the most uncomfortable for her are pants. They were actually disposable, that is , you go out on some combat mission, you fall down a couple of times after a shot, you get up and you already have them torn. In the groin area or cracked seams. Olga is one of the 5,000 women who, according to the ministry of defense, are serving in the combat zone. There are currently 42 servicemen in the armed forces of ukraine, and so far they can only get comfortable womens uniforms through volunteers first, we collected samples of womens uniforms that are in other armies of the world. Of course, nato standards and the form of the United States of america were taken as a basis. But of course we tried to take into account when developing the pattern. Ukrainian realities and those requirements and standards approved in the order of the ministry of defense for mens uniform. The arm women now social initiative has been taking shape for women for a year. The protective fabric was tested by the defenders, first of all for safety. This uniform is now worn by maria and olga. We use ripstop material, with fabric composition 65 by 35. This is exactly what is approved as a requirement in the order of the ministry of defense. It. Good thick fabric that does not tear, it does not melt on the body if there is an explosion nearby, the comfort of the form was also tested on the training grounds, the jacket and pants are tailored according to the anatomical features of women, it is usually narrower than men, tatalia shoulders, wider hips. The fit is related to the fact that when you wear a bulletproof vest on top, you have a lot of folds from the excess fabric, the presence of these folds rubs, creates discomfort separately, the volunteers also created a set of womens underwear, because often the defenders are given mens uniforms along with mens uniforms say military women. And my brothers gave out mens panties, boxers and she was like oh, cool, now i will have new shorts, the social initiative arm women now gives uniforms to all women on the front line for free, it is enough to fill out an application on the website, women in the body can buy uniforms at cost. The ministry of defense has already joined the efforts of volunteers, in august a sample was approved here womens summer field suit. A technical specification was developed, a reference sample was approved. And the item is ready for purchase, how long does it take, well, it does not depend on us, that is, it is an order, the proc