Yermak to remain in pre-trial detention for three more nights — lawmaker

TASS · May 15, 2026 · 110 words

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What to know about Yermak to remain in pre-trial detention for three more nights — lawmaker

Lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that Andrey Yermak will remain in pre-trial detention for three more nights because the full bail amount has not yet reached the court's account. Approximately 100 million hryvnia of the required 140 million has been raised.

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What happened

Andrey Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, will spend three more nights in a pre-trial detention center, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported.

Why it matters

"They haven’t managed to raise the bail for Yermak in two days, so he will remain in pre-trial detention for three more nights, until Monday," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Common ground

At the same time, according to the lawmaker, "transactions for the remaining amount have already been made," but the money did not reach the court’s account in time.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the money did not reach the court’s account in time”

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The claim that the money did not reach the court's account in time is reported by TASS. Other sources confirm he remains in detention due to bail not being posted, but do not specify the 'timing' of the transaction as the cause.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kurt Douglas Volker (born December 27, 1964) is an American diplomat who served as George W. Bush's last U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Later he served as executive director of the McCain Institute for Inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Volker

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Timothy Aaron Morrison (born c. 1978) is an American Republican political adviser. He was briefly the top U.S. adviser to President Trump on Russia and Europe on the White House National Security Coun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Morrison_(presidential_adv…

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Claim 2: “lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported [that Yermak will spend three more nights in a pre-trial detention center]”

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The specific attribution of this report to lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak is only found in the TASS source. While other sources confirm the detention, they do not mention Zheleznyak as the source.

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web search NEUTRAL — 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

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web search NEUTRAL — Andrey Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, will spend three more nights in a pre-trial detention center, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported.
https://tass.com/world/2131681

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web search NEUTRAL — Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian president’s office, will remain in pretrial detention through the weekend — bail has not yet been posted on his behalf, the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrain…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/16/former-ukrainian-presid…

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Claim 3: “Andrey Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, will spend three more nights in a pre-trial detention center”

CORROBORATED

The claim that Andrey Yermak will spend three more nights in pre-trial detention is reported by both TASS and Meduza (citing Ukrainska Pravda), meeting the requirement for 2+ independent sources.

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Claim 4: “about 100 million hryvnia ($2.3 million) of the 140 million hryvnia ($3.1 million) needed for bail had been raised”

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While multiple sources confirm a bail amount of approximately 140 million hryvnias (~$3.2 million), none of the provided evidence specifies that exactly 100 million hryvnias had already been raised. The evidence for this specific claim consists of dictionary definitions and unrelated Wikipedia entries.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lake Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica's 675 known subglacial lakes and the 16th largest lake in the world by area. Lake Vostok is located at the sou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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Claim 5: “transactions for the remaining amount have already been made”

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The detail that transactions for the remaining amount have already been made is specifically reported by TASS (attributing it to Yaroslav Zheleznyak). Other sources mention the bail amount but not the status of the specific transactions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan (Ukrainian: Андрій Йосипович Богдан; born 3 December 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration. On 21 May 2019, President Volodymyr Zelen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Bohdan

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