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"140 Million in Five Days: How Yermak Left Detention — and Who Paid for It"

Former head of the Presidential Office has been released under electronic monitoring after his associates collected 140 million hryvnias in bail over the weekend. The case concerning the "Dynastiya" cottage community in Kozyn is becoming the most high-profile corruption trial during Zelensky's tenure.

May 18, 2026

"140 Million in Five Days: How Yermak Left Detention — and Who Paid for It"

Banker Who Organized Maidan Logistics: Stepan Kubiv Dies

90 Miles from Florida: How Cuban Soldiers from Ukraine Brought Drones Home

52 killed after three days of silence: how Russia used the ceasefire to accumulate strike

Beijing Received Trump and Awaits Putin. What It Means for Ukraine — and Why the Answer Isn't Yet Clear

Trump Withdrawing 5,000 Troops from Germany — and Promises "Much More." What This Means for Ukraine

"140 million for Yermak: Who is saving the ex-head of the Presidential Office — and what it says about the scale of connections"

Shadow Fleet Under Fire: Kyiv Proposes Mechanism to Arrest Russian Tankers

Fedorov wants the front-line "kill zone" to be emptied of people — and this is already a conflict within the Armed Forces

"If they were preparing, I would know": Budanov distinguishes between Russia's capability and intent to use nuclear weapons

Ukraine punishes Russians for sanctions evasion, but not its own: legislation has a loophole the size of a criminal code

China Replaces West in "Shaheds": How Russia Rebuilds Drone Supply Chain

Astrologer, Remand Prison, and Contact Ban: What Court Decided in Yermak's Case

Riyadh Offers Middle East Helsinki — But Without the Mechanism That Made Those Helsinki Work

"They Doused the Mayor — and This Isn't the First Conflict: What's Behind the Attack on Sadovyi"

"Horoscopes for the Prime Minister, Fortune Tellers for the Head of the Presidential Office: How Ukrainian Authorities Have Consulted with Esotericists for Decades"

205 out of 8000: first tranche of exchange that took months to negotiate

Kuleba - Modi: While you're meeting with Putin, he's bombing hospitals

CIA in Cuba for First Time Since 1953: Ratcliffe Delivered Havana an Ultimatum — and a Hint About Maduro's Fate

"140 Million for Freedom: Who and Why Is Ready to Pay Bail for Yermak"

Vilnius Closed Hundreds of Times Before and Keeps Happening Again: Lithuania Handed Protest Note to Minsk Over May Incident