Zelenskiy's former chief of staff named suspect in major corruption probe


FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak walk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

May ⁠11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities ⁠served President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy's powerful former chief of staff ​with an official ⁠notice ⁠of suspicion as part ⁠of ‌a major corruption ⁠investigation, Kyiv's anti-corruption agencies ​said ‌on Monday.

The agencies ⁠did ​not name the official, ⁠in line with ​Ukrainian law, but local media widely identified ⁠him as Andriy Yermak, who resigned late ​last ⁠year amid a ​corruption scandal.

(Reporting ‌by Dan ​Peleschuk; Editing by Nia Williams)

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