Approval rating of Ukrainian President's Office Head Budanov is twice as high as that of former head Yermak

Alona Mazurenko - 1 July, 18:35

Kyrylo Budanov. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

A survey has found that 68% of Ukrainians approve of the performance of Kyrylo Budanov, the current head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, while only 32% of respondents support his predecessor Andrii Yermak.

Source: a report on the findings of a Rating Group poll conducted from 30 May to 3 June 2026

Details: The survey compared approval ratings for the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine recorded in June 2026 with those from September 2024.

This year, 68% of respondents said they approve or somewhat approve of the performance of Kyrylo Budanov, the current head of the President's Office.

In 2024, when the Office was headed by Andrii Yermak, only 32% of Ukrainians supported him. In May, Yermak was served with a notice of suspicion in a case concerning the alleged laundering of UAH 460 million (around US$10.5 million) through a high-end construction project in the suburbs of Kyiv.

This means that the approval rating of the head of the President's Office has increased at least twofold since the former head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov took over the post.

For reference: The poll was conducted by the Rating Group for International Republican Institute's (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR).

The survey was conducted from 30 May to 3 June 2026 using CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview). The sample size was 2,404 respondents aged 18 and older.

The poll was conducted in all oblasts except temporarily occupied territories and areas where Ukrainian mobile coverage was unavailable at the time of the survey.

Margin of error is about 2% with a confidence level of 0.95.

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