Andriy Yermak has served as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff since 2020. His resignation from the role comes after his office was searched amid a corruption investigation. Yermak has served as Zelenskyy's chief negotiator amid indirect peace talks between Ukraine and Russia which are mediated by the US (FILE: November 23, 2025) Image: Elodie Le Maou/AFP/Getty Images Andriy Yermak resigned as Ukrainian President's Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff on Friday.
In a statement posted on social media, NABU said that a high-level criminal organisation orchestrated the alleged scheme, led by a businessman and involving a former adviser to the energy minister, Energoatom's head of security, and four other employees. In total, approximately 100 million USD passed through this so-called laundromat, NABU said, without naming the suspects. The minister's adviser and the director of security at Energoatom took control of all the company's purchases and created conditions under which all contractors had to pay illegal benefits,