Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Andriy Yermak submitted his resignation and then signed a decree removing him, pledging a reorganization of the President’s Office.
- NABU and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office searched Yermak’s apartment in the presidential compound, and he said he cooperated fully with investigators.
- Ukrainian officials said Security Council secretary Rustem Umerov will now lead planned talks with the United States that Yermak had been slated to handle.
- The Energoatom probe has charged eight suspects in an alleged $100 million scheme, naming Tymur Mindich as the ringleader; Mindich fled Ukraine and was sanctioned.
- Two ministers were removed on Nov. 19 over links to the case, and Ukrainian media have reported claims tying Yermak to a figure dubbed “Ali Baba,” which prosecutors say investigators are examining.