on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, chas time, i'm maria prus, congratulations. the united states continues to support israel in its efforts to protect its people, secretary of state anthony blinken said. now he is visiting telviv again, where he met with defense minister yoav gallant and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. galland emphasized that it will be a long war, and the price of victory will be high. the white house said that us president joe biden received the latest information about the situation in israel from his teams from national security. israel continues preparations for a large-scale ground operation to destroy hamas militants in the gaza strip. the un calls for immediate humanitarian aid to the civilians of gaza, who have found themselves there without food, water and medical supplies. at the parliamentary elections in poland, according to exit polls.

yaroslav kaczyński's 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 let's 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 anti-ukrainian positions, i also talked to european politicians, the head of the osce delegation, observers, was at one of the polling stations, and here's what he told me about ukraine's support in europe. after the covid pandemic , russia's illegal aggression in ukraine began, the most important answer is unity. as the vice-president 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, pro-russian 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 ukraine's 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 ukraine's 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 right-wing 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 anti-corruption 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 anti-corruption 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 i'm all for giving her everything she needs, we don't spend a lot of money, we actually give them equipment, tanks and stuff, so i'm not too worried about the money, besides, we're a very rich country. yes, i would send for humanitarian, i think for humanitarian needs, it's 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 didn't 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, that's a pretty big number for what's 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 presidential elections, contributed to this. support among republicans for bailouts has fallen from 75% in march 2022 to 47% now. so that's where the biggest drop happened, and that's a really big difference. between republicans and democrats, it reflects

what's happening in the political debate, while most republicans in congress support continued aid, there's a pretty vocal minority that's raising the question of whether the united states should be helping ukraine or should focus on other issues, that's 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 women's armor and how much does it cost, lesya found out. bakalets, why haven't i seen this before, it's just gorgeous. zsu officer maria is trying on women's 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 woman's waist is, maria joined the armed forces with the beginning of a full-scale 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, it’s like a uniform, i don’t 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 women's uniforms through volunteers first, we collected samples of women's 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 men's 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 women's underwear, because often the defenders are given men's uniforms along with men's uniforms - say military women. and my brothers gave out men's 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 women's 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 procedure of purchase, production, and delivery to warehouses, and there is already distribution to military units, separate issues of safety and comfort that military women have to armor , women's armored suits are just beginning to appear on the ukrainian market, from private manufacturers, we realized that there is some kind of gender inequality here: it turned out that everything for men and best of all, we had to respond to a request from the foundations we cooperate with, the only problem they have is that

there is no solution for women. therefore, for six months, the ukrainian armor company developed an anatomical female armor suit, called it ruta luta. anatomical body armor is a combination of a body armor with elements of protection of the body, various elements of protection, shoulder protection. groin, neck, intestine, inner thigh, that is, it is a modular body armor, which basically carries a body armor, which can be modularly combined suit of armor the entire costume is designed taking into account the features of the female figure, the vest itself even has folds. you can see what kind of shape he has, that he has a prog, an inner bend just under the chest, yes, it's done, and if you take it. an ordinary breastplate, then it should be, well, completely flat, in the front , a special plate is placed on the outer part, in order to reduce the maximum

pressure on the chest. the plate itself has a concave shape. this design is not only more convenient, it also provides maximum protection. i would focus on this, that's why that with the anatomical forms of a woman, a flat bulletproof vest with a flat plate opens completely. part of the lesion for debris, so it sticks out, it interferes, and it opens up the lesion, a very large one, which is on the side. at its level, the company has already tested the armored suit and received positive feedback from defenders, now they are waiting for approval from the ministry of defense. lesya bekalets, voice of america from kyiv. on our next story about the new ukrainian hollywood. after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, it came to los angeles many ukrainian actors, directors and

producers. they even created a special platform for meetings, the dovzhenka league, to help them get used to life in the usa and realize their creative plans. however, the path to success in hollywood is not easy - say representatives of the ukrainian film industry, their stories were collected by khrystyna shevchenko. myroslava filipovych is a ukrainian actress, starred in popular series and feature films, among the famous roles of angela in the series doctor vera and amalia in sydorenko. after a full-scale invasion miroslava moved to los angeles. when you were in ukraine, you held slightly different positions, and once you are here, you are basically almost nobody to them. and it doesn't matter that you played in ukraine, whether you had many roles. how many years you have worked, it does not matter at all, so here you have to start again from the beginning, and it is clearly difficult,

because i am not young anymore. at first, the actress underwent adaptation to a new culture and language, and then she faced an unforeseen circumstance, the head strike of the unions of screenwriters and actors. the hollywood film industry has virtually ground to a halt. since july, the actors have been refusing to go out... demanding fair working conditions, for myrosl this has become a significant reduction in opportunities. in principle, almost all professional actors are out of work now, not only actors, artists, grammers, directors, everyone. make-up artist julia melnik is going through similar difficulties in her career. the woman worked on dozens of successful projects, did make-up for vikings star catherine wynne and boxer mike tyson. after starting. war moved to los angeles from kyiv with the hope of developing a career in hollywood and the strike changed the plans.

and now for more than six months, the film industry has stood up and everyone... is waiting for these negotiations, and so far nothing has started, that is, i have passed four interviews, big studios are interested in working with me, but they cannot give me any projects. because they don't have one themselves, and miroslava and julia have to do part-time jobs to support themselves in a big city in the expensive state of california, the fact that they found a circle of like-minded people helps morally and compatriots, do not be interested in the look, these are screenings of giles, the film "the best weekend " by ukrainian director vlad klimchuk, who studied in los angeles even before the war. vlad klimchuk, who at the beginning of the war was already familiar with the local cuisine of the city, decided to help the newly arrived ukrainian filmmakers. this is how he created a unique phenomenon for the usa, the union of ukrainian cinematographers, the league

of the names of dovzhenka. the dovzhenka league is to provide a platform for ukrainian artists, filmmakers, art artists, to gather together, to develop, it is easier to enter the industry, faster to enter the industry and reorganize from the ukrainian market to the american market, as well as to establish ukrainian filmmakers as a cool booster of the american and world, film society and film industry, and not just some people who came to america and are also trying to build their careers . and myroslava and julia and several hundred other film fans joined dovzhenka's league. among the participants are talented actors, make-up artists, directors, cinematographers, lighting engineers, screenwriters and producers. in addition to the exchange of experience and information, the union will become and a platform for ukrainian films, - says union member polina herman, a ukrainian producer of feature and documentary films. polina, who came

to hollywood a year and a half ago, says: help. on one in this environment is critical. hollywood is the biggest competition. and one of the points is still networking and language. language is not only spoken, but mental language. we have to understand americans, understand their psychology and vision. the league also has a screenwriting laboratory, master classes, and an exchange experience and practice of spending time together. the members of the union also exchange job offers on... dependent and commercial projects, as well as plans for filming ukrainian films in hollywood, from los angeles, khrystyna shevchenko, for the voice of america, download the mobile application of the voice of america, the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, as well as

listen to ukrainian podcasts. voice of america services. we conclude with this. in the studio for maria prus worked for you. look for other voa ukrainian stories on social media, and watch our daily dv briefings live. you can ask questions to our presenters. thank you for your attention, see you on the air. we are looking for a 16-year-old girl. zhuraravel from the kherson region. imagine, the girl disappeared on the first day of the war, and until now there was no news about her. i know that when the full-scale invasion began, darina was in the town of nova kakhovka, which is still under occupation. maybe because of this girl does not get in touch, so i am asking everyone, especially the residents of the left bank of the kherson region, who may be watching this program on social networks.