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With his bear-like look and immense clout, Andriy Yermak towered over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for years literally and figuratively. A former copyright lawyer who collaborated with District 95, a comic troupe that propelled Zelenskyy to stardom, the 54-year-old Yermak became Ukraine's grey cardinal after the former comedian won the 2019 presidential vote. list of 4 itemsend of list While chief of Zelenskyy's staff, Yermak played an outsized role he was widely considered as vice president and vice prime minister.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey on November 19 in an effort to boost flagging peace talks as pressure grows on the Ukrainian leader and his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, over a corruption scandal. Zelenskyy said on November 19 he would be holding talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but it was not clear if he would also meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

Zelenskyy, in his October 26 nightly video address, said Russia had concentrated large numbers of forces around Pokrovsk and the nearby Myrnohrad community in the long-fought-over area in eastern Ukraine. "It is there, near Pokrovsk, that the Russians have concentrated their main strike force -- a significant number of enemy troops," Zelenskyy said. "Of course, this creates a difficult situation in Pokrovsk and all nearby areas -- fierce battles in the city and on its outskirts. There are enemy reconnaissance and sabotage groups in the city."

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy stated that his forces are countering and increasing pressure on the occupier despite Russian advances in Donetsk, especially around Pokrovsk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's special envoy, for talks in Moscow ahead of a deadline for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The new legislation gives the prosecutor general power to control investigations led by the National Anticorruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, raising concerns of independence.

Kyiv faced another wave of Russian drone attacks on July 10, injuring at least three individuals and igniting fires across multiple districts in the city.