Podolyak was appointed adviser to the head of the President's Office in 2020. At one time, he was deported to Belarus, after which he continued his journalistic career in Ukraine.
Mustafa-Masi Nayem headed the Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine from 2023 to 2024. Before that, he was Deputy Minister of Infrastructure.
Oksen Lisovyi headed the Ministry of Education and Science in 2023. Before that, in 2022, he volunteered for the front after the start of a full-scale war.