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Most often during the week of 16–22 September, among all ministers of the Ukrainian government the media mentioned and quoted Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi. 361 news items about him appeared in various media, which is 33,8% of all mentions of cabinet members. In second place is Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha — 254 articles, 23,8%. The rest of the ministers received less than half of the total volume of publications about the Cabinet. These are the results Informator obtained from media monitoring, which made it possible to compile the ranking.
"At the yellow threat level, trains run on schedule, passengers board and disembark. At the red level, passenger boarding and train departures are suspended — people must take shelter," — Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretskyi, Novyny.LIVE
This quote from the prime minister was most often cited by the media from 16 to 22 September. It was said against the backdrop of new railway operating rules depending on the level of aerial threat: that same week there were reports of an attack on a commuter train in the Kharkiv region where passengers were injured.
But the prime minister was notable during this period for more than just that quote. Among other topics he commented on were:
expanding shelters at stations and terminals,
automatic notification of threat levels,
business operations during alerts,
Ukraine receiving 841 million dollars from the World Bank under guarantees from Canada,
reducing the staff of central executive bodies.
"Ukrzaliznytsia together with the regional military administrations and communities must expand access to shelters at stations and terminals. Automatic receipt of threat-level information will be introduced, decisions must be made instantly. There are corresponding directives from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the State Emergency Service," — Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretskyi, Suspilne
It gives the impression that Koretskyi is responsible for everything in this country. At least, he has answers. Because of this, the media quote him more than other ministers.
In second place is Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who is also frequently quoted. But Sybiha’s story is different. He mostly comments on the track of peace negotiations. So if Koretskyi is about the economy, Sybiha’s comments are reproduced by the media on purely political issues, including regarding the war, assistance to Ukraine, and well-known international institutions.
Who sounded the loudest
The top three leaders of the week: Serhiy Koretskyi (33,8%), Andrii Sybiha (23,8%), and Serhiy Marchenko (8,2%). After that the figures drop sharply — fourth place is already below 7%.
Serhiy Koretskyi, Prime Minister of Ukraine, 33,8%
Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, 23,8%
Serhiy Marchenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, 8,2%
Yevhenii Khmara, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, 6,1%
Denys Shmyhal, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Energy of Ukraine, 4,0%
Taras Vysotskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, 3,5%
Vitalii Kim, Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine, 3,4%
Mykola Kalashnyk, Minister of Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine, 3,0%
Andrii Butenko, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2,8%
Oleksandr Kravchenko, Minister of Economy and Environment of Ukraine, 2,8%
Tetiana Berezhna, Vice Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy — Minister of Culture of Ukraine, 1,9%
Denys Uliutin, Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine, 1,6%
Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine, 1,3%
Ivan Vyhivskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, 1,2%
Vsevolod Chentsov, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, 0,9%
Denys Maslov, Minister of Justice of Ukraine, 0,6%
Vitalii Bezgin, Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, 0,6%
Matvii Bidnyi, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, 0,5%
Koretskyi and Sybiha together collected more than 57% of all mentions among cabinet members. Both added 48 publications compared to the previous week — Koretskyi reached 361 articles (against 313), Sybiha — 254 (against 206). Marchenko is in third place with an increase of 15 publications — to 88 articles.
Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara explained budget issues of the defense ministry:
"Speed in this matter is critical. The faster decisions are made and funds arrive, the faster the necessary means reach the battlefield and strengthen the capabilities of our military," — Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara, Ukrinform
Minister of Economy and Environment Oleksandr Kravchenko spoke about compensations for farmers:
"Now farmers and enterprises in Kyiv and the Kyiv region will also be able to receive compensation for damaged or destroyed agricultural machinery. We are also simplifying the procedure for obtaining it and increasing the maximum size of the insurance premium compensation. Now it will amount to up to 5 million UAH," — Minister of Economy and Environment of Ukraine Oleksandr Kravchenko, Informator.ua
What the government lived by
Koretskyi’s peak fell on 17 September — 102 publications in one day. That day the government approved new railway operation rules depending on the level of aerial threat and reported on funding to protect roads from drones in five regions.
Sybiha’s peak was 22 September, 78 publications in one day. He spoke at the UN urging to increase sanction pressure on Russia and responded to statements by Hungarian official Mádjár regarding Orbán’s position.
Marchenko’s peak was 16 September, 39 publications in one day. From that day’s headlines — “harsh austerity” in the State Budget-2027 and a call for the Rada to support a tax on parcels from foreign marketplaces; which of these topics caused the greatest informational resonance is not clear from the figures.
"The funds received allow timely financing of the state’s critically important social expenditures. PEACE remains one of the key and most effective instruments of budgetary support for Ukraine," — Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko, Minfin
Khmara’s peak was 19 September, 24 publications in one day, when Zelenskyi approved new long-range operations and announced changes in the Medical Forces.
Shmyhal’s peak was 17 September, 13 publications in one day: he spoke at an energy “Ramstein” meeting in Paris and called on partners to allocate another 400 million euros.
Kim’s peak was 17 September, 17 publications in one day, when he spoke about spending per veteran and plans to build a National Military Cemetery.
"If we take a potential three million of our veterans, then 30–60 thousand people could potentially be instructors. I am an advocate of having at least an extracurricular civic-patriotic lesson in every school, plus the transfer of experience, plus physical education," — Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine Vitalii Kim, Suspilne
Butenko’s peak was 22 September, 19 publications in one day: discussions covered permitting reduction of school lessons to 35 minutes and a new format for the external independent testing (NMT).
What the sectors lived by
The most publications came from the “Government and Justice” sector — 367 articles, 34,4% of the sample, almost entirely due to Serhiy Koretskyi (361 article). “Foreign Policy” is in second place — 264 articles, 24,7%, dominated by Andrii Sybiha (254 articles). “Economy and Finance” collected 198 articles (18,6%) thanks to Marchenko, Shmyhal, Vysotskyi and Kravchenko together.
“Defense and Security” produced 114 articles (10,7%) — Khmara, Kim and Vyhivskyi. “Social and Humanitarian” — 86 articles (8,1%): Butenko, Berezhna, Uliutin, Liashko and Bidnyi. The smallest result was in “Reconstruction and Communities” — 38 articles (3,6%), mostly due to Kalashnyk.
Who was hardly heard from
Oksana Ferchuk, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, had no articles that week and did not make the ranking. With a threshold of 5 articles, even a few publications can move a person halfway up the table — so the absence of mentions only means there was no reason for news, not an assessment of performance.
What this ranking does not show
Rank in this list is presence in the media, not an assessment of the quality of a minister’s work. Heads of profile agencies like the MFA or the Cabinet speak daily by virtue of their positions, while other ministers may work for weeks without any mention in the news. Namesakes were filtered out in advance when counting.
How we counted
The monitoring covers 30 Ukrainian publications and 18699 articles for the period from 16 to 22 September 2026. The list of cabinet members — 19 people — is checked daily against the Cabinet of Ministers page on kmu.gov.ua. Each share is calculated from the total number of mentions among cabinet members, not from the entire publication sample. A rank is given to those who have at least 5 articles in the period — below that threshold the numbers are considered statistically uninformative.
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