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Head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada Davyd Arakhamia provided a bunch of insider details and interesting particulars about how the rescue of Ukrainians in Oleshky in Kherson region took place. In particular, he recounted specifics about Melania Trump’s efforts. Moreover, Arakhamia went on to generalize, indicating that Oleshky is a kind of rehearsal for how a ceasefire along the entire front line could be implemented. All of this combined led to Arakhamia being the most quoted Rada deputy in the media during the week of 2 - 8 November. Danilo Hetmantsev, who took second place in Informator’s ranking, was mentioned 5 times less by the media. These findings come from our monitoring data.
"In Kherson region and in Oleshky people were able to go out onto the streets. They visited their damaged homes and were able to gather their belongings. We saw how the mechanics of a ceasefire work and how we can ensure it," — this quote from Davyd Arakhamia was the one most frequently cited by the media last week.
It was said in the context of a reception for representatives of Ukraine and Russia that U.S. First Lady Melania Trump hosted at the White House on 5 November. Presumably, journalists and editors were most interested in Arakhamia’s generalization in his speeches. A ceasefire and the rescue of civilians is not only an Oleshky story. It could be a rehearsal for how the war might end. This assumption is supported by the fact that Arakhamia’s other popular quotes concern the same topic.
"I think what we are doing is creating an impulse by which both sides master the mechanisms of sustaining peace when it finally arrives," — here is the next most reposted quote from Davyd Arakhamia.
His other comments also concern negotiations involving the U.S. and Russia, and about how to master ceasefire mechanisms in case peace agreements are signed. Overall, Arakhamia hints — peace is closer than it seems.
Who made the biggest noise
The week’s top three were Davyd Arakhamia with 262 points, Danilo Hetmantsev with 55,7 points, and Yaroslav Zhelezniak with 45,5 points.
Davyd Arakhamia, Servant of the People, 262 points
Danilo Hetmantsev, Servant of the People, 55,7 points
Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Holos, 45,5 points
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 25,6 points
Valerii Dubil, Batkivshchyna, 24,5 points
Petro Poroshenko, European Solidarity, 24,1 points
Maryana Bezuhla, Servant of the People, 23,7 points
Serhii Kozyr, Servant of the People, 23,6 points
Oleksii Honcharenko, Non-affiliated, 22,6 points
Oleksii Kucherenco, Batkivshchyna, 18,3 points
Arakhamia leads his nearest rival by more than fourfold. Hetmantsev, in turn, was most prominent with comments about tax issues.
"Execution figures are not a technical deviation but a diagnosis," — Danilo Hetmantsev.
The silent majority
293 deputies with 392 — during the week they were not mentioned at all in the monitoring of 30 leading media outlets. That is the majority of the Verkhovna Rada’s composition. Among those who did not fall into the media’s field of view this week is Mariia Ionova of European Solidarity.
When they made noise
On 2 November a ceasefire in Kherson region ended, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his readiness to meet with Putin in Turkey — that was the 1713-th day of the war. That same day Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times, leaving six people injured.
Against this backdrop, 2 November was recorded as a peak day for a number of deputies:
Valerii Dubil,
Petro Poroshenko,
Serhii Kozyr,
Oleksii Honcharenko,
Yulia Tymoshenko,
Serhii Nahorniak.
For Arakhamia the peak was on 5 November. That was when Melania Trump received delegations from Ukraine and Russia at the White House.
Hetmantsev’s peak occurred on 2 November. Zhelezniak — on 4 November, and that was a high-profile story connected to exposing ties between senior security officials and the drug cartel “Khimprom.”
Who was given the floor
The most direct quotes that week belonged to Danilo Hetmantsev — five. Maryana Bezuhla had four quotes, Arakhamia had three. As for Ruslan Stefanchuk, despite 18 publications, he was never quoted directly — only mentioned.
By factions, Servant of the People sounded the loudest with a total index of 540 points and 51 deputies in the ranking — thanks to Arakhamia, Hetmantsev, and Bezuhla. Batkivshchyna scored 66,1 points, Holos — 65,3.
"I don't think the situation will change radically, because foreign policy will remain in the hands of the president. At the same time, the new Congress overall may be more critical and vigilant about Trump's attempts to make deals with Putin at Ukraine’s expense or about his possible attempts to lift sanctions against Russia," — Oleksandr Merezhko.
One-day stars
Almost everything written about Andrii Herus during the week was published on a single day — 6 November, which accounted for 80% of his mentions. For Fedor Venislavskyi 75% of publications were on 8 November, for Yulia Gryshyna also 75%, but on 4 November. Yaroslav Yurchyshyn saw 67% of his mentions peak on 3 November.
What they said
"Three years of work, one hundred-fifty working groups where everyone has already quarrelled hundreds of times, the clean text of the law is 264 pages, the comparative table is 1301 pages....and finally it’s all been put together. Thanks to everyone for just a titanic effort on the bill," — Yaroslav Zhelezniak.
"This is a priority... We have already demonstrated launches of exoatmospheric systems and are working to see if we can move this into production," — Fedor Venislavskyi.
"City thermal power plants are ready to supply heat despite all difficulties. And the heating season can begin. But what happens next is hard to predict. It all depends on Russian strikes. If there are ballistic strikes, thermal power plants may stop operating. As happened last winter. Unfortunately, such are the realities in wartime," — Oleksii Kucherenco.
How we counted
The monitoring covers 30 leading Ukrainian media outlets; from 2 to 8 November we checked 18 484 articles. Points are awarded for mentions in the headline, lede, and body of a publication; a direct quote from a deputy weighs more than a simple name mention. Each outlet’s weight varies and is taken into account when calculating the final index. The ranking included 99 deputies with mentions out of 392 sitting members of parliament. How we calculate the rankings — which outlets we include, what we count as a mention, and how we filter homonyms — is explained separately.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Арахамія на першому місці через інсайди про Олешки та Меланію - рейтинг медіагучності депутатів ВР". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Informator.
