Zelenskyy's top aide Yermak vows to join armed forces after resignation and searches: I am honest and decent person

Andrii Yermak, has announced that he is going to the line of contact after resigning from his post as head of the Office of the President of Ukraine amid a corruption scandal and a National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) search at his residence.

Source: Yermak in a comment to The New York Post

Quote: "I'm going to the front and am prepared for any reprisals. I am an honest and decent person.

I've been desecrated, and my dignity hasn't been protected, despite having been in Kyiv since 24 February 202[2]. Therefore, I don't want to create problems for Zelenskyy; I'm going to the front.

I'm disgusted by the filth directed at me, and even more disgusted by the lack of support from those who know the truth."

Details: In his comment to The New York Post, Yermak did not specify which unit he intends to join or when exactly he will depart for the line of contact. After sending the emotional message, he stopped answering calls.

According to the media, the search at Yermak's home is linked to NABU's investigation into the Midas corruption case in the energy sector.

Following Andrii Yermak's resignation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reshuffled the negotiation team that is due to meet in the United States this weekend with Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the "peace plan".

Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian delegation will be headed by Andrii Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The group also includes representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and intelligence and Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.

Read also: St Andrew the First-Called Apostle: how Andrii Yermak became Zelenskyy's right-hand man

Background:

• On 28 November, Ukrainska Pravda reported that NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) were conducting searches at Yermak's office in the government district. Ukrainska Pravda journalists managed to record around 10 employees from NABU and SAPO entering the government district.
• Yermak confirmed that the search was taking place at his home and said he was ready to assist the investigation. According to UP, he had not been served with a notice of suspicion as of the morning.
• Poland said that corruption investigations in Ukraine are "bad news" from the Polish point of view, as they do not make the current peace talks any easier.
• Later, Zelenskyy announced that he had accepted Yermak's resignation from the post of head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and that the institution will now undergo a reboot. The president said he would hold consultations on Saturday with those who could take over as head of the Office.

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