NV magazine published a ranking of the Top 100 most influential Ukrainians , which became the first such ranking during a full-scale war.
The first place among the hundred most influential Ukrainians according to NV was taken by the Head of State Volodymyr Zelensky, who, despite more than five years of presidency, according to sociological polls, currently has the highest trust rating among domestic politicians.
In second place in the ranking is the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, whose exclusive proximity to the first person in the state has turned him into a powerful official, in whose hands are concentrated important levers of the functioning of the state.
The top three leaders are rounded out by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi — the fate of the Ukrainian army, as well as defensive and offensive actions at the front, have depended on his decisions for more than half a year.
He is followed by representatives of the country's defense ministry - the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov.
Under Umerov's leadership, the Ministry of Defense was able to digitize the registration of conscripts and military personnel by launching the Reserve+ and Army+ applications, and communication with Western colleagues facilitated the transfer of the long-awaited F-16 to Ukraine. And subordinates of the country's chief intelligence officer, Budanov, are participating in secret and successful special operations to destroy the enemy at the front and in the rear — from the temporarily occupied Crimea and the Russian hinterland to the countries of the African continent.
The sixth position in the ranking of the Top 100 most influential Ukrainians according to NV was taken by the head of the Security Service, Vasyl Malyuk, whose influence is determined by a number of successful special operations to eliminate collaborators and the actual expulsion of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from Crimea using naval drones developed with the participation of the SBU.
Next comes the Chairman of the National Bank, Andriy Pyshny, whose professional skills contributed to maintaining the macro-financial stability of the entire country in the conditions of a major war and ensured the stability of the domestic banking system.
In eighth place was billionaire and owner of SCM Rinat Akhmetov, who, despite the loss of some of his assets, with a capital of $6.9 billion, remains the richest citizen of Ukraine and has a significant influence on the life of the country.
Rounding out the top ten of the hundred most influential Ukrainians are the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, whose most famous achievement was the Diya application, and now his supervision of domestic drone manufacturers, and the Deputy Head of the President's Office, Oleg Tatarov, who, despite a number of scandals and a dubious past, still retains his influence.
