"I want no one to have any questions about Ukraine today. Therefore, today we have the following internal decisions. First, there will be a reboot of the Office of the President of Ukraine. The head of the office, Andriy Yermak, has written a letter of resignation, Zelensky said. I am grateful to Andriy for always representing Ukraine's position in the negotiation track exactly as it should be represented."
"Yermak did not immediately issue a statement, though he confirmed that there had been a raid on his home. He wrote on Telegram that he was fully cooperating with the authorities. The investigators are not encountering any obstacles. They have been given full access to the apartment, and my lawyers are on site, interacting with law enforcement officials, he said."
"Yermak's resignation comes amid a sweeping investigation into an alleged kickback scheme concerning the country's energy infrastructure. The 15-month investigation, called Operation Midas, is being run by Ukraine's two main anti-corruption agencies and has already lead to the removal of some of Zelensky's closest advisors, including two government ministers and a former business partner of Zelensky. Though Yermak has not been explicitly implicated in the scandal thus far, he was uncharacteristically out of the public eye for days after the investigation was announced."
A reboot of the Office of the President will occur after Andriy Yermak submitted a resignation letter as head of the office. Anti-corruption officials raided Yermak’s home; investigators were granted full access to the apartment while his lawyers interacted with law enforcement. Yermak confirmed the raid and is fully cooperating with authorities. The resignation occurred amid Operation Midas, a 15-month probe by Ukraine’s two main anti-corruption agencies into an alleged energy-sector kickback scheme that has removed ministers and senior advisors. Yermak has not been explicitly implicated but was absent from public view after the investigation began. Opposition MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak provided information to investigators and called for Yermak’s removal.
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