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Zelensky’s Chief of Staff raided as new corruption scandal engulfs Ukrainian government

Zelensky's chief of staff Andrey Yermak raided by anti-corruption agents
Vladimir Zelensky (L), Andrey Yermak (R).

Ukraine’s deepening corruption crisis has now reached the top levels of President Vladimir Zelensky’s administration, with anti-corruption agents conducting raids at the home and offices of his influential chief of staff, Andrey Yermak.

The operation, carried out by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), comes amid one of Kiev’s most serious graft scandals in years.

Investigative outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda published photos appearing to show agents entering Yermak’s premises in central Kiev. Yermak later confirmed that his residence had been searched and said he was cooperating fully with investigators. NABU stated it executed multiple warrants and plans to release further details.

The raid follows the explosive case of businessman Timur Mindich, a longtime Zelensky associate accused of running a major kickback operation in Ukraine’s energy sector. Mindich fled the country to Israel shortly before his home was searched, drawing attention after Ukrainian sanctions listed him as an Israeli citizen, raising questions about enforcement.

The widening investigation has already implicated two cabinet ministers and several former senior officials.

Despite mounting pressure, Zelensky has refused calls to dismiss Yermak, one of the most powerful figures in his government. Instead, Yermak was recently appointed as Ukraine’s lead negotiator for a US-backed framework on the conflict with Russia — a move critics say is intended to shield him.

Earlier this year, Zelensky’s attempt to place NABU and SAP under the prosecutor general’s office — a shift some observers believe was tied to another sensitive corruption probe — was halted after resistance from Western donors.

Commenting on the turmoil, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the scandal shows Ukraine is run by a “criminal gang driven by personal enrichment,” accusing the leadership of ignoring public interests.

The investigation remains ongoing as pressure grows both inside and outside Ukraine for greater transparency at the highest levels of government.

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18 COMMENTS

  1. Putin to Ukraine: Withdraw or We’ll Take it by FORCE /Larry Johnson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkumguEuscw
    Why does NZ persist in flogging a dead horse bereft of righteousness?
    A criminal cabal of fraudsters
    An abomination
    Because we are licking and continue to keep licking Uncles Sams posterior to be polite
    Just like we did in Vietnam and Korea
    And all the DEI insane madness that we followed not to mention covid
    Shows who is calling the shots

  2. They wear azov insignia and our govt gush for them, what does that make our govt left and right?

    It’s time to start calling them out people.

    They deserve nothing less than orange jump suits in concrete walls for targeting and destroying children.

    • There is a left, there is no right, the right is a construct of the Left. There used to be the Left and on the right were the Monarchists, the Monarchists have now been replaced by the Capitalists who allow the Left to pass them off as the Right. The NZ National party was the representative of the NZ business sector but now they represent the International / multinational business sector that is fronted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Business at OECD (BIAC), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Institute of International Finance (IIF), International Organization of Employers (IOE), B20 (Business 20),
      The NZ Labour Party and the international Labour Parties and the Left are hard wired into the UN and the UN and Big Business are symbiotic.

      It is really just Fascism.

  3. “Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the scandal shows Ukraine is run by a “criminal gang driven by personal enrichment,” accusing the leadership of ignoring public interests”.

    The collective west as a whole is being run by a “criminal gang driven by personal enrichment with its selected leadership ignoring public interests”, Vlad.

  4. Zelenskyy’s topmost corruption tools:
    Rustem Umerov, Zelenskyy’s defense minister, an ISIS sleeper cell member, fled to Erdogan’s protection in Turkey, and then Umerov moved to US.Tymur Mindich! he fled to Israel. Dmytro Firtash fled to Austria. Gas tycoon AndriiAndrii Derkach fled to Russia. Oleksandr Tsukerman and Ihor Kolomoisky fled to Israel. All are owners of gold toilets with precious stones studded handles. Finally Zelenskyy, the unelected dictator is the corruption king pin of Ukraine.

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