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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Zelenskyy’s top aide quits after anti-corruption searches of his home

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Andriy Yermak walk in Kyiv: Yermak is much taller and bigger-built than Zelenskyy. Both wear practical, dark anoraks and khaki military-style trousers; Yermak wears a hooded khaki anorak.
Andriy Yermak, right, has never been far from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s side since becoming the president’s chief of staff in 2020. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff and closest ally, Andriy Yermak, has resigned after Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies conducted searches at his apartment earlier today.

The abrupt departure of the aide, who had been leading the latest round of the delicate peace negotiations with the US, was announced by the Ukrainian president in a late-afternoon social media video on Friday.

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