Editor's note: Andriy Yermak resigned as Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff on November 28, 2025, following an anti-corruption raid of his apartment. This story was first published in December 2023. Among the recipients of Pyle's letter was the Office of the President of Ukraine — a team of some five dozen insiders headed by Andriy Yermak, a longtime friend of President Volodymyr Zelensky . In political and business circles in Kyiv, Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer, is widely viewed