Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.

Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities on Friday raided the home of President Volodymyr Zelensky's powerful chief of staff and top negotiator, Andriy Yermak, searches that come as a massive graft scandal embroils Kyiv.

Since before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he was rarely far from Volodymyr Zelensky’s side, whether welcoming foreign dignitaries to Kyiv, or accompanying the Ukrainian president abroad on crucial missions to secure military and diplomatic support.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has close ties to individuals named in a sprawling “golden toilet” scam that saw tens of millions of dollars siphoned from wartime energy programs, according

President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday host his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks in Paris, the French presidency announced, as Washington seeks to push a plan aimed at ending the war between Kyiv and Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed his chief of staff Andriy Yermak amid a corruption probe, hours before Russian drone attacks hit Kyiv, with Rustem Umerov now leading U.S. peace talks.

Zelensky didn't reveal much detail about an updated plan, although he said there needed to be more investment for drones.

The Ukrainian president’s departing aide centralised decision-making in a way no other official had done. As a graft scandal lingers, some are relieved he’s gone.