Zelensky dismisses top aid Andriy Yermak as corruption investigation widens

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, resigned Friday after anti-corruption investigators searched his apartment and office in Kyiv. The move comes as Ukraine faces intense US pressure to reach a peace deal with Russia and seeks to demonstrate its commitment to fighting corruption to the European Union.

Zelensky dismisses top aid Andriy Yermak as corruption investigation widens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, resigned Friday after anti-corruption investigators searched his apartment and office in Kyiv. The move comes as Ukraine faces intense US pressure to reach a peace deal with Russia and seeks to demonstrate its commitment to fighting corruption to the European Union.