Zelenskyy's former top aide Yermak on arrest and US$3.18m bail: "I was not prepared for this, I hope friends can help"

Andrii Yermak, former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, who has been remanded in custody with the option of release on bail of UAH 140 million (US$3.18 million), has said he was not prepared for the court's decision. He added that he does not have that kind of money but hopes his friends can help.

By Iryna Balachuk,Volodymyr Fomichov

Ukraine court orders arrest of Zelenskyy ally Andriy Yermak

Andriy Yermak resigned in November 2025, after investigators raided his home in a sweeping corruption probe.

Zelensky's former top aide Andriy Yermak remanded in Ukraine corruption probe

Ukraine's anti-corruption court on Thursday ordered the arrest of President Volodymyr Zelensky's ex-chief of staff Andriy Yermak on money-laundering charges, placing the president's former right-hand-man in pre-trial detention for a period of 60 days.

By FRANCE 24

Ukraine’s anti-corruption court places Zelensky’s former chief of staff under arrest

Yermak was widely seen as Ukraine's second most powerful person

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Stubb discusses frontline situation with Zelensky, heads to Vilnius

The Nordic countries may join the Bucharest Nine group of former Soviet or Warsaw Pact countries to form a Nato eastern flank bloc, reports the Finnish News Agency.

Kyiv court orders arrest of former Ukrainian presidential office head

Kyiv’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, but offered him the option of posting bail of 140 million hryvnias ($3.2 million).

MACC records once indicated insufficient evidence against Guan Eng in tunnel probe, court told

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Earlier Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation records into...

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Nicușor Dan and Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold meeting in Romania to discuss defense, EU integration

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