Most often, Ukrainians express trust in state and public institutions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (91.5%), the State Emergency Service (83%), volunteer organizations (80%) and volunteer units (79.5%), according to the results of a poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre on September 20-26 and presented at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday.

Trust in the National Guard of Ukraine (74%), the State Border Guard Service (70%), the Security Service of Ukraine (64%), the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (63%), the Church (62.5%), and public organizations (59%) is also often expressed.

Trust is also expressed more often than distrust in the National Bank of Ukraine (50% and 39%, respectively), the National Police of Ukraine (50% and 41%), the President of Ukraine (48.5% and 44.5%), and the Ombudsman (42% and 34%).

At the same time, among politicians, officials, and public figures, respondents most often expressed trust in President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (51%). More often they expressed trust than distrust in head of the Mykolaiv regional military administration Vitaliy Kim (46% and 34%, respectively), head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk (36% and 27%), and Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation Mykhailo Fedorov (31% and 24.5%).

The majority of respondents do not trust Yuriy Boiko (79%), Yulia Tymoshenko (79%), Petro Poroshenko (68%), Maryana Bezuhla (64%), Andriy Yermak (62%), David Arakhamia (60%), Ruslan Stefanchuk (53%), Iryna Vereschuk (52%), and Denys Shmyhal (52%).

More often they expressed distrust than trust in Vitali Klitschko (47% do not trust, 39% trust), Serhiy Prytula (46% and 42% respectively), Rustem Umerov (41% and 29%), Mykhailo Podoliak (40% and 35%), Danylo Hetmantsev (39% and 16%), and Oksen Lisovy (26% and 14%).

The majority of respondents express distrust in the Verkhovna Rada (78.5% do not trust it), officials (77%), political parties (73.5%), the government of Ukraine (72.5%), the judicial system (70%), and the prosecutor's office (63%).

Some 48% do not trust the media, 45% trust it, 46% trust trade unions, and 26% do not trust them.

Despite the fact that only 15% of respondents trust political parties, when answering the question of whether they see among the existing political forces those that could be entrusted with power in the post-war period, slightly more respondents (27%) give an affirmative answer. The political force that could be entrusted with power in the post-war period, in the opinion of citizens, could most often emerge from the military (47% of respondents think so). Some 24% of respondents are of the opinion that it could emerge from the volunteer environment, 21% - from the circle of humanitarian or technical intelligentsia, 19% - from civil society organizations, 17% - from existing political parties, and 9% - from the business environment.

The poll was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre within the Join in! Community Engagement Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The poll was conducted face-to-face in all government-controlled regions using a stratified multi-stage sample using random selection at the first stages of sample formation and a quota method of selecting respondents at the final stage. The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was conducted as of the beginning of 2022 by age, gender, and type of settlement.

A total of 2,016 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.