Yermak was Zelenskyy’s closest aide till he resigned in November 2025 after investigators raided his dwelling as a part of a sweeping corruption probe that rocked the war-torn nation.
“The discover of suspicion is unfounded,” Yermak, 54, wrote on Telegram after the listening to, referring to a proper Ukrainian procedural doc that informs a person of suspicion of committing against the law.
“As a lawyer with greater than 30 years of expertise, I’ve all the time been guided by the regulation. And now I’ll likewise defend my rights, my title, and my status,” he added.
Prosecutors suspect Yermak of funnelling round US$10 million (460 million hryvnias) as a part of an organised crime group, which, amongst others, included former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and ex-Zelenskyy enterprise affiliate Timur Mindich.
“The people who used funds for the development of objects on the territory of the ‘Dynasty’ cottage website, with respect to which the factual circumstances point out that they had been obtained by felony means, deliberate to hold out additional actions geared toward legalising such property,” a prosecutor stated on the courtroom.
Yermak denies the allegations. “I personal just one house and one automotive,” he advised journalists, together with from AFP, throughout a courtroom break.
Simply over an hour earlier than the listening to, anti-corruption investigators and prosecutors held a shock press convention on Tuesday, throughout which they defended their investigation.
