Sergiy Koretskiy held a closed meeting with deputies of the Servant of the People faction — and this in itself is a signal. In the Rada, such meetings are organized not for introductions, but to test support before official nomination.
According to meeting participants, Koretskiy presented his vision for the work of the Cabinet of Ministers and its possible restructuring. Specific proposals have not reached public access — deputies are keeping quiet about the details for now — but the very fact of the meeting confirms: Koretskiy's candidacy is being considered as the main option to replace Yulia Svyrydenko.
Who is Koretskiy and why him
Sergiy Koretskiy is a civil servant with experience working in the economic block of executive power. Not a public figure in the classical sense: the general public doesn't know him, which for the Ukrainian personnel market in government is more of a norm than an exception these days.
Svyrydenko continues to formally hold the position of First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy. Her possible departure is part of a broader personnel reshuffle that the Presidential Office appears to be preparing in stages.
Government structure: what could have been discussed
Restructuring the Cabinet — is not a technical matter. After two years of full-scale war, the government operates in manual control mode: some ministries duplicate functions, some have effectively lost authority due to centralization of decision-making at the Presidential Office level.
Any new prime minister will face the same dilemma: either conduct a real structural reform — with conflicts, dismissals and ministerial resistance — or limit itself to cosmetic changes and maintain the status quo. The first is politically difficult, the second is meaningless from a substantive perspective.
What this means for 46 million
A prime minister in conditions of war is not so much a public figure as an administrator of critical flows: budgetary, humanitarian, and reconstruction flows. How the Cabinet coordinates the spending of international aid — and we're talking about tens of billions of dollars annually — depends on both the pace of reconstruction and the quality of public services for people who remain in the country.
Therefore, a personnel change at Hrushevskiy, 12/2 is not an internal reshuffling. It is a decision about who and how will manage the money of Ukrainian taxpayers' allies.
An open question remains specific: if Koretskiy indeed becomes prime minister — will a public government program appear with measurable indicators, or will the Cabinet again limit itself to general statements about "efficiency" without a mechanism for accountability to society?
