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Ukraine's top peace negotiator quits after raid by anti-graft police

The Straits Times

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November 30, 2025

President Volodymyr Zelensky's powerful chief of staff, a close ally of the President who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught US-backed peace talks, quit on Nov 28, hours after anti-corruption agents searched his home.

Mr Zelensky said Mr Andriy Yermak had resigned and that he would consider his replacement on Nov 29.

Mr Yermak's departure comes as a major probe into high-level graft ensnared senior officials, fuelling widespread public anger.

"Russia very much wants Ukraine to make mistakes," Mr Zelensky said in a video address.

"There will be no mistakes on our part. Our work continues."

Mr Yermak, 54, has been a close friend of Mr Zelensky since the President's days as a TV comedian, and helped guide Mr Zelensky's successful 2019 presidential campaign as a political outsider.

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