Zelenskyys Right-Hand Man Quits as Ukraines Corruption Scandal Escalates

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talk to the press at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 23, 2025. Martial Trezzini/Keystone via APUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff quit on Friday afternoon after anti-corruption officers searched his home in the morning, amid a corruption scandal threatening to engulf the country.Andriy Yermak, who was leading Kyiv’s negotiating team in Washington as it tried to hash out peace terms with Russia, confirmed his property was being searched Friday morning and said he was fully cooperating with authorities.