Servant of the People

NV details Zelenskyy’s closed-door briefing to party lawmakers

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gathered lawmakers from his Servant of the People party late on May 25 to brief them on negotiations, the battlefield situation, and preparations for winter, NV learned.

26 May, 06:35 PM

Zelenskyy tells MPs ceasefire possibly by November if security guarantees offered

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his Servant of the People party that hostilities in the Russo–Ukrainian war could conclude by November if Kyiv receives robust security guarantees, lawmaker Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk said on May 25.

25 May, 07:57 PM

Zelenskyy, Budanov meet with ruling party MPs

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, joined by his chief-of-staff Kyrylo Budanov, met with the leadership of the ruling Servant of the People party on May 20.

21 May, 01:39 AM

Rada refuses answers on ruling party MP found in Spain

Ukrainian parliament officials refused to release information about foreign trips by Servant of the People MP Yurii Koriavchenkov, who was recently spotted in Spain, Ukrainska Pravda reported on March 27.

27 March, 11:42 PM

Servant of the People holds urgent Kyiv congress as pressure grips Ukraine’s parliament

Servant of the People (SP) held a party congress in Kyiv on Friday, with the leadership of the president’s parliamentary faction set to meet later with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, an NV source said.

27 March, 04:49 PM

Rada rejected tax bill due to amendment abuse, MP says

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) rejected the government’s tax bill last week because most of its provisions were tacked on through amendments, Ukrainian MP and Defense Committee secretary Roman Kostenko told NV Radio on March 24.

25 March, 01:02 AM

Zelenskyy hopes to coax his MPs back into Rada

The president’s advisers are apparently trying to pressure individual MPs from the ruling Servant of the People party to resume attending parliamentary votes, Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker with the opposition Holos party, told NV Radio on March 19.

20 March, 12:51 AM

Zelenskyy shares responsibility for parliament’s dysfunction — AntAC

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refuses to accept responsibility for the parliamentary majority he brought into the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in 2019, Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) executive director Daria Kaleniuk told NV Radio on March 17.

17 March, 09:06 PM

Parliament paralyzed by constant corruption probes, lawmaker says

Many ruling Servant of the People party MPs are reluctant to engage in parliamentary debate and voting out of fear of attracting the ire of anti-corruption agencies, Ukrainian MP and Security Committee member Fedir Venislavskyi told NV Radio on March 16.

17 March, 01:19 AM

Ruling party cohesion crumbles, deputy chair warns

About 40 MPs from the ruling Servant of the People party are ready to resign, and the party struggles to marshal votes for key bills, deputy party chair Andriy Motovilovets told Forbes Ukraine on March 13.

14 March, 01:19 AM

Ukrainian MP Hunko gets 4 years in prison for bribery

An appeals panel of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the conviction of MP Anatoliy Hunko on abuse of influence charges and reduced his prison sentence from seven years to four, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Feb. 9.

9 February, 10:49 PM

Ukraine appoints MP Dmytro Natalukha to head State Property Fund

Ukraine’s parliament appointed Servant of the People lawmaker Dmytro Natalukha, who chairs the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Economic Development, as head of the State Property Fund, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on Jan. 14.

14 January, 04:58 PM

Servant of the People wants out ministers tied to Yermak

Several government positions may soon become vacant — the post of Minister of education and science, Minister for Ukraine’s reconstruction and Minister for communities and territories development, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Dec. 8.

8 December 2025, 01:45 PM

Zelenskyy’s party still hunting for key ministers

After Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko’s meeting with representatives of the President’s party, no candidate for the vacant ministerial posts has yet been approved, Members of the Servant of the People (SN) ruling political party told NV.

3 December 2025, 01:29 PM

Parliament far from appointing new Energy, Justice ministers

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) will not consider any ministerial appointments this week because the ruling Servant of the People party is yet to come up with candidates and enough votes to appoint them, opposition MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Dec. 1.

2 December 2025, 03:18 AM

Arakhamia backs Zelenskyy’s move to fire Yermak amid corruption and war pressure

Lawmakers from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party support his decision to remove Andriy Yermak as head of the Presidential Office, parliamentary faction leader Davyd Arakhamia said on Nov. 28.

29 November 2025, 01:36 PM

Zelenskyy defies calls from MPs to fire Yermak

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told lawmakers from his Servant of the People party that he will not fire his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, despite calls for Yermak’s removal in the wake of a major energy sector corruption scandal, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Nov. 20.

20 November 2025, 11:04 PM

Zelenskyy to meet Servant of the People lawmakers Thursday after returning from Ankara

The President’s Office has confirmed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with members of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction on Thursday evening, Nov. 20, NV reports.

20 November 2025, 06:18 PM

Zelenskyy may decide fate of top aide Yermak by Nov. 20

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could make a final decision by Nov. 20 on the future of his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, amid growing calls for his resignation from Zelenskyy's own Servant of the People parliamentary faction, sources in the faction told NV.

19 November 2025, 07:19 PM

Some Servant of the People MPs call for new ‘coalition for national resilience’ amid Mindichgate fallout

A group of lawmakers from Ukraine’s ruling Servant of the People party has issued a statement on Nov. 19 calling for the formation of a new “coalition for national resilience” in parliament, along with a “government of national resilience” that would operate without party quotas or backroom deals.

19 November 2025, 05:13 PM

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