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Over seven days from 14 to 20 October, Prime Minister Koretsky received an absolute record among all ministers for the number of media mentions. This is shown by Informator's media-loudness ranking. It all stems from the government's intention to reform the reservation system, that is, to mobilize as many of those with reservations as possible, including from the defense industry. Society does not approve, so Koretsky's rating can be said to carry a "negative" connotation. The same subject accounts for 40,7% of all mentions of Cabinet members in the specified period.
"This is the only reason at all why we are looking at the 100-percent barrier — whether to modify it or still leave it as is. Because, unfortunately, there are many abuses."
This quote, which directly concerns defense enterprises from which the government is trying to remove a 100% quota on reservations, was most frequently cited in the media from 14 to 20 October. The prime minister said that reducing quotas, including for the defense industry, was prompted by mass abuses.
Later many other interesting things about reservations emerged. For example, that employees of an enterprise who have deferrals — for instance, students or persons with disabilities — should not be counted among the unreserved. This idea, of course, could have triggered a chain reaction. A previously unreserved person was called up — the person who had a quota-based reservation lost their reservation and was called up as well.
So far Koretsky has not made a final decision. The corresponding government draft was sent back for revision after harsh criticism from parliament and business. Nevertheless, the prime minister became the most talked-about figure among ministers. Everyone mentioned him.
But the prime minister stood out during this period not only for that quote. Koretsky also commented on his relationship with the president and the limits of the government's independence, reported on the restoration of frozen budget expenditures after the Rada adopted a number of bills, and spoke about Russia's continuous attacks on the energy sector, which have been going on for many consecutive months.
"We talk, there is dialogue. The president also wants to hear alternative opinions. And ultimately, if after all discussions the president makes a decision that we do it this way, then we go and do it," — Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretsky, TSN
Who sounded the loudest
The top three: Koretsky — 40,7%, Sybyha — 22,8%, Shmyhal — 7,6%. Other ministers were mentioned far less.
Serhiy Koretsky, Prime Minister of Ukraine — 40,7%
Andriy Sybyha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine — 22,8%
Denys Shmyhal, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Energy of Ukraine — 7,6%
Yevheniy Khmara, Minister of Defense of Ukraine — 4,5%
Vsevolod Chentsov, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine — 3,5%
Andriy Butenko, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine — 3,4%
Serhiy Marchenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine — 2,7%
Taras Vysotskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine — 2,6%
Ivan Vyhivskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine — 2,5%
Mykola Kalashnyk, Minister for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine — 2,0%
Oleksandr Kravchenko, Minister of Economy and Environment of Ukraine — 1,8%
Vitaliy Kim, Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine — 1,3%
Viktor Lyashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine — 1,1%
Oksana Ferchuk, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine — 0,9%
Denys Ulyutin, Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine — 0,8%
Tetyana Berezhna, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for Humanitarian Policy — Minister of Culture of Ukraine — 0,7%
Matvii Bidnyy, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine — 0,6%
Koretsky increased his indicator from 191 articles the week before to 418 — a rise of 227 publications. In contrast, Sybyha's dynamics were the opposite: 234 articles versus 373 the week before, meaning a drop of 139 publications, although he kept second place.
Shmyhal and Khmara also lost ground: the first — from 91 to 78 articles, the second — from 110 to 46. Against this background, Vsevolod Chentsov, who spoke about eurointegration, and Andriy Butenko with education issues remain more stable.
"We have reforms in the spheres of the rule of law, law enforcement agencies, not to mention the fight against corruption," — Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Vsevolod Chentsov.
"We deeply appreciate the help of our Swedish friends, who are also active participants in the Fund for the Support of Ukraine's Energy Sector," — First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.
What the government lived through
Koretsky's peak fell on 19 October — 97 publications in one day. That day he spoke about relations with the president, criticized Kyiv's readiness for winter, explained the principles of reserving enterprises and commented on the increase in the number of deferrals.
Sybyha gave 65 publications on 19 October — that day he sharply reacted to a possible three-way meeting of Trump, Putin and Xi without Ukraine's participation, saying that "Putin has no place at any table."
"We are working to accelerate deliveries of air defense systems, interceptors and ammunition, to strengthen Ukraine's energy security ahead of winter and to advance opening clusters of negotiations on EU accession. Russia does not slow its attacks, and we cannot allow delays in providing means to defend our people and strengthen our country," — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybyha.
Shmyhal sounded most loudly on 16 October — 24 publications: he said that Ukraine is better prepared for winter than in previous years and warned of a threat to the energy sector from Russian drones with shaped charges.
Khmara had a peak on 15 October (10 publications) — the media reported on discussions of joint defense projects by the defense ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania. Chentsov gave 18 publications on 19 October, commenting on Hungary's position regarding Ukraine's EU accession and the absence of a need for a competition for the attorney general.
Butenko gathered 23 publications on 16 October — it was about the share of schools operating in-person and funding for the construction of shelters. Vyhivskyi gave 18 publications on 19 October — that day a Russian drone struck a park in Kharkiv region, killing two women and an infant.
Kalashnyk had 9 publications on 19 October — that same day there was a strike on Irpin, and there were reports about Sweden's aid to the Fund for the Support of Ukraine's Transport. From the figures alone it is not clear which of these gave him the spike.
"Russia continues to deliberately attack Ukrainian ports and civilian shipping, attempting to undermine the operation of export routes and strike at the Ukrainian economy," — Minister for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine Mykola Kalashnyk.
What the sectors lived through
The largest number of publications came from the "Government and Justice" sector — 418 articles (40,7%), and this whole volume was provided by one person: Koretsky. In second place — foreign policy, 270 articles (26,3%): the main contribution was made by Sybyha with 234 articles, Chentsov added 36.
Economy and finance collected 160 articles (15,6%) — here the distribution was between Shmyhal (78), Marchenko (28), Vysotskyi (27), Kravchenko (18) and Ferchuk (9). Defense and security gave 85 articles (8,3%): Khmara — 46, Vyhivskyi — 26, Kim — 13.
The social and humanitarian sector gathered 67 articles (6,5%) — the largest contribution here came from Butenko (35), the rest was distributed among Lyashko, Ulyutin, Berezhna and Bidnyy. Recovery and communities — the smallest sector, 21 article (2,0%), and the entire volume was provided by Kalashnyk.
Who was barely heard
Outside the ranking for this week were Denys Maslov (Minister of Justice of Ukraine) and Vitaliy Bezgin (Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine) — each had 3 article for the week, while the threshold for a place is 5. At such small numbers a difference of two or three publications easily pushes a person off the table: this is not an indicator of a minister's activity or inactivity, but only how often journalists wrote about them in that particular week.
What this ranking does not show
The number of media mentions is an indicator of presence in the information space, not an assessment of the quality of a minister's work. The head of the MFA or the prime minister appear almost daily simply by the nature of their office — statements, negotiations, international contacts. Meanwhile the justice minister or the minister for communities may work for weeks without any newsworthy reason. We filtered out namesakes at the data collection stage.
How we counted
The monitoring included 30 Ukrainian publications, and the total corpus of materials for the period from 14 to 20 October 2026 amounted to 18 643 articles. The cabinet composition — 19 people — we verify daily with the Cabinet of Ministers page on kmu.gov.ua, so the positions in the ranking are current as of publication day. Each cabinet member's share is counted from the total number of mentions of cabinet members in the corpus, not from the entire corpus of publications. A place in the ranking is given only to those who accumulated at least 5 articles in a week — a smaller number is considered statistically insignificant for an individual position.
How we calculate the rankings — which publications we include, what we consider a mention and how we filter namesakes — is explained in a separate note.
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