Ukraine corruption scandal threatens Zelenskyy’s special relationship with top aide

<p>Police raid at the home of Kyiv’s main peace negotiator is causing shock waves across Ukraine’s political scene</p><p>The revelations that anti-corruption police are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/ukraines-anti-corruption-agencies-search-home-zelenskyy-chief-aide-andriy-yermak">searching the property of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak</a>, could have huge repercussions for the Ukrainian political scene and possibly for peace negotiations as well.</p><p>It is hard to overstate the significance of Yermak in the Ukrainian political system. He combines multiple roles for Zelenskyy: most trusted sounding board, domestic political enforcer, controller of access to the president, main point of contact for foreign politicians and chief peace negotiator. Yermak is such a powerful chief of staff that people who know how the president’s office operates describe his relationship with Zelenskyy as symbiotic.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/ukraine-corruption-scandal-threatens-zelenskyy-special-relationship-with-top-aide">Continue reading...</a>