Back
Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak all week 12 - 18 October wrote about contentious points of the not-yet-approved government resolution on the new reservation rules. And he was most actively quoted by media across the country. As a result, Zheleznyak took first place in Informator's media resonance ranking of people's deputies, receiving one and a half times more publications than Oleksiy Honcharenko, who is in second place.
"Literally this week, without any consultations except with the President, without any consultation with business, the government adopted a resolution on new criteria and approaches to reservation, which has already been called the death of Ukrainian business. Because in fact it will lose people. There will be no one left to work. These changes were proposed despite the legislation we adopted here. None of the people's deputies knew about these changes. And most importantly, all business associations said they do not know how to work further with these rules," Zheleznyak said on 15 October — and this is one of his numerous quotes about changing the reservation rules that gained wide publicity.
The media regularly quoted the politician on this highly sensitive topic. So Zheleznyak's main messages are well known. He points to two significant shortcomings of the government's work:
the creation of a non-transparent body that will determine the criticality of enterprises — the decisions of this body cannot be appealed in any way;
the idea that an enterprise that has a reservation quota (for example, 50% reserved) cannot count those unreserved due to deferrals for other reasons, such as education or disability.
But Zheleznyak did not distinguish himself only with this quote during the period. He actively commented online on other deputies' speeches and on decisions adopted by the Rada — it was a planning week. This made Zheleznyak the undisputed leader of Informator's ranking.
Who made noise
The week's top three: Yaroslav Zheleznyak (Holos) - 148,4 points, Oleksiy Honcharenko (independent) - 106,9 points, Maryana Bezuhla (Servant of the People) - 59,0 points.
Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Holos - 148,4
Oleksiy Honcharenko, independent - 106,9
Maryana Bezuhla, Servant of the People - 59,0
Danylo Hetmantsev, Servant of the People - 56,1
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - 52,7
Petro Poroshenko, European Solidarity - 42,6
Oleksandr Fedienko, Servant of the People - 41,1
Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk, Servant of the People - 23,3
Olena Shuliak, Servant of the People - 20,9
Oleksandr Korniyenko, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - 20,6
Honcharenko entered the top three against the backdrop of his own expulsion from the European Solidarity faction — this event gathered the most headlines with his name during the week. Bezuhla made the top three despite only one direct quote — her prominence was largely ensured by mentions and headlines.
"Together we were able to achieve great changes in Ukraine and will continue to work for Ukraine. Stay the course!" — Oleksiy Honcharenko, Suspilne.
The silent majority
Of 392 deputies of the Rada, none were mentioned during the week 302 — that is over three quarters of the entire deputy corps. Only 90 deputies were featured in media mentions.
Among those who did not get a mention are Mariya Ionova from European Solidarity and Serhiy Ionushas from Servant of the People, both fairly recognizable figures in the Rada's profile committees, but this week there is not a single line about them in the monitoring.
When deputies were quoted most often
On 13 October, Russia massively attacked Kharkiv: 11 people were affected, and an entrance of an apartment building was destroyed. That same day Trump said that Putin wants peace more than Zelensky.
Against the backdrop of these news, 13 October became the hottest day of the week for deputies: the peak then fell on Maryana Bezuhla, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Oleksandr Fedienko, Yuliya Yatsyk and Dmytro Kostiuk. That day discussed the new reservation rules, Stefanchuk's appeal to the government about consultations with the Rada, and Yuliya Yatsyk's statement about a canceled wedding.
Who was given the floor
Most direct quotes for the week — Yaroslav Zheleznyak: 13. For comparison, Honcharenko, who took second place by total points, has only 3 quotes — his prominence is maintained mostly by mentions in headlines, of which he has 21, the most of anyone.
Among factions, Servant of the People sounded the loudest with a total index of 370,1 points and 38 deputies in the ranking — more than Holos (184,5 points, 9 deputies) and independents (156,0 points, 8 deputies) combined, although distributed across a much wider circle of people.
"There arises a potentially dangerous logic: an employee with their own deferral does not increase the enterprise's quota; their presence on the staff does not help to reserve others; an employer who seeks to retain the maximum number of reserved employees may begin to regard such people as unprofitable for the staffing structure," — Oleksandr Fedienko, Glavkom.
One-day stars
For Serhiy Babak (Servant of the People) and Solomiya Bobrovska (Holos) almost all publications for the week came out on a single day: for Babak — 12 October, for Bobrovska — 17 October.
A similar picture for Serhiy Rakhmanin from Holos — the main bulk of mentions fell on 15 October.
Oleksandr Korniyenko was also mostly featured on one day — 14 October, although he accumulated 16 publications over the week.
What they said
"Unfortunately, we still did not receive an answer to one of the key questions: how we will survive the heating season. A question that I raised back in the summer of this year, raised many times, even before the previous Cabinet, before this Cabinet," — Dmytro Kostiuk, TSN.
"At best, VAT refunds will resume in two to three weeks, if the Verkhovna Rada eventually votes to fulfill Ukraine's eurointegration obligations, on which financing of €4 billion depends. Otherwise, delays in tax refunds will be the least of the problems the country will face," — Danylo Hetmantsev, Forbes Ukraine.
"Undoubtedly, a number of precautionary measures Kyiv City State Administration and the Kyiv City Council could have taken earlier — proactively. But I emphasize — provided there is clear analysis and information regarding the inability to effectively protect key objects of critical infrastructure," — Oleksiy Kucherenco, TSN.
How we counted
The monitoring covers 30 leading Ukrainian publications; 18544 articles were checked during the week. Each deputy's score consists of mentions in the headline, lede and body of a publication, with a direct quote weighing more than a simple mention of a surname. The weight of a publication depends on the outlet where it appeared. The ranking includes only those people's deputies who were mentioned at least once in one of the 30 analyzed media during the period from 12 to 18 October 2026.
How we calculate the rankings — which outlets we take, what we consider a mention and how we filter namesakes — in a separate explanation.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Железняк та постанова про бронювання - новий лідер у рейтингу медіагучності депутатів ВР від Інформатора". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Informator.
