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Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption raid

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, resigned following an anti-corruption raid on his home.

Yermak, 54, has been Zelensky’s closest adviser throughout Russia’s full-scale war, but has come under increasing pressure over a corruption scandal – even though he was not accused of any wrongdoing.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies raided his apartment in Kyiv’s government quarters early on Friday and Yermak said on social media that “from my side there is full co-operation”.

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