FROM AP NEWS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.
Yermak has been Ukraine’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Russia and the United States. He has also been a trusted confidante of Zelenskyy’s for years.
The unprecedented searches at the heart of Ukraine’s government come at a time when Kyiv is under intense U.S. pressure to sign a peace deal nearly four years after Russia invaded.
Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said their searches targeted Yermak. Oleksii Tkachuk, a spokesperson for Yermak, said the anti-graft agencies had not served Yermak a notice of suspicion, meaning he was not a suspect in an investigation. Tkachuk added that Yermak had not been told what the searches related to.
Yermak’s office was also searched by investigators, though details about that search remain undisclosed.
“The investigators are facing no obstacles,” Yermak wrote on Telegram. He said he is cooperating fully with them and that his lawyers were present.
BREAKING: Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak resigns after anti-corruption investigation.
Military analyst Michael Clarke breaks down what this blow means for Zelenskyy’s government https://t.co/Xr3PabjcBt
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BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff has resigned after his residence was searched by anti-corruption investigators. https://t.co/7u2TzPa27x
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 28, 2025
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