Zelensky and Yermak, old friends from their early careers in the entertainment business, have been inseparable since Russia launched its invasion in early 2022. For much of that year, they lived together in a bunker beneath the presidential compound in Kyiv, slept down the hall from each other, shared meals in the bunker's cafeteria, and lifted weights in its makeshift gym.
Ever since, Yermak has tried to build the groundwork for a peace on Ukraine's terms, racing to outwit Russia on the diplomatic front even as his country's armed forces lost ground in the war. With his willful and often overbearing nature, he has succeeded in critical ways while failing in others.
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