Overview
- Ukraine’s anti‑corruption agencies NABU and SAP searched Andriy Yermak’s office and apartment as part of the high‑profile energy investigation known as Operation Midas.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Yermak submitted his resignation and signed a decree removing him, and NABU later indicated no charges were filed following the searches.
- Radio Svoboda, citing Axios and other reporters, said Yermak had been slated to meet Trump administration envoys in Miami, and that security chief Rustem Umerov is now expected to handle the talks.
- European Commission spokespeople publicly welcomed the investigations, calling the work of Ukraine’s anti‑corruption bodies a key condition for EU accession progress.
- Commentary ranged from predictions that Kyiv could become more flexible in negotiations without Yermak to domestic warnings about Zelensky’s political risks, while claims Yermak departed for the front remain unverified and contested.