Davyd Arakhamiia
Leader of the Servant of the People faction in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada.
Davyd Arakhamiia, the ruling party's Rada leader, sat on Kyiv's TEAM when US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian negotiators in Miami; the talks were cut short on 9 October 2026 after a single day.
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Why does the ruling party's Rada leader sit on Ukraine's US negotiating team?
Timeline for Davyd Arakhamiia
Mentioned in: Witkoff's Miami talks end a day early
Russia-Ukraine War 2026Background
Davyd Arakhamiia has led the Servant of the People faction, the governing party's group in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, since 29 August 2019, months after he was first elected to Parliament. He also sits on Kyiv's negotiating TEAM with Washington and was in the delegation that met US envoys in Miami in October 2026.
Ukrainian outlets describe him as one of the most influential figures around Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Andriy Yermak left the presidential office in late 2025. His two roles join the presidency's negotiating line to the parliamentary majority that votes on the government's programme.
In October 2026 Ukrainian reports listed him with Kyrylo Budanov, Sergiy Kyslytsya and Rustem Umerov as the TEAM preparing the next stage of peace talks with the US.
Arakhamiia sits on Kyiv's negotiating team
Arakhamiia went to Miami as one of four senior figures preparing the next stage of Ukraine's talks with Washington, alongside Kyrylo Budanov, Rustem Umerov and Sergiy Kyslytsya. The meeting with Witkoff and Kushner ended on 9 October after one of two planned days.
As leader of the governing party's faction, he is the man WHO would have to carry through the Rada any law a settlement requires, and he has been in the room from the start of this round. Axios reported a US warning in Miami that intelligence sharing with Kyiv could be curbed over the refinery campaign, a threat the Rada's majority leader heard at first hand. Washington's next step, which Zelenskyy disclosed on 4 October, is three-way technical talks before October ends, perhaps hosted by the UAE: a fast timetable for a faction leader who must answer to the Rada.
Who is Davyd Arakhamiia?
Was Arakhamiia at the Miami talks with the US in October 2026?
