Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelensy's former top aide arrested as corruption probe widens
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“President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff until just November, Andrii Yermak”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Yermak served as chief of staff until 2025. Specifically, Wikipedia states he served from 2020 to 2025, and a web search result explicitly mentions that in November 2025, Zelensky announced Yermak's resignation.
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— On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
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— Andriy Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
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— Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who, since 2019, has served as the sixth president of Ukraine. He took office five years afte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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“He is now accused of laundering nearly 9 million euros in a high profile corruption scandal.”
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Two independent sources report the money laundering accusations. n-tv.de reports he is accused of laundering nearly nine million euros, and another source mentions NABU/SAPO exposed a group linked to laundering 460 million hryvnias (over $10 million), naming Yermak as one of the group.
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— Andriy Yermak is accused of involvement in laundering nearly nine million euros linked to a luxury construction project. Key Facts4 hours ago · Reading time: ~30 sec. Summary created with AI assistanc…
https://www.newswall.org/summary/andriy-yermak-former-right-…
https://www.newswall.org/summary/andriy-yermak-former-right-…
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— Update. NABU and SAPO subsequently announced that they had exposed an organized group linked to the laundering of 460 million hryvnias (more than $10 million) through elite construction projects outsi…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/11/ukraine-names-zelensky-…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/11/ukraine-names-zelensky-…
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— Andriy Borysovych Yermak is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 2020 to 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
“A Kyiv judge ordered on Thursday that he be placed in pre-trial detention.”
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Two independent news sources confirm the court's action. One source explicitly states that on Thursday, Ukraine's anti-corruption court ordered the pre-trial detention of Andriy Yermak, and France 24 confirms the court ruled to place him in pre-trial detention for 60 days.
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— Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who, since 2019, has served as the sixth president of Ukraine. He took office five years afte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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— Andriy Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
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— Ukraine's anti-corruption court on Thursday ordered the pre-trial detention of Andriy Yermak, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on suspicion of money laundering.
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-court-orders-arrest-of-zelensk…
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-court-orders-arrest-of-zelensk…
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