00:00Ukraine's presidential chief of staff, Andrei Yermak, resigned today after anti-corruption
00:05agents raided his home as part of a major investigation into the state nuclear power
00:10company Energa Atom.
00:13President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the resignation, stating that Ukraine needs internal
00:17strength and no distractions from its defense.
00:20The National Anti-Corruption Bureau, or NABU, said the searches were part of a probe into
00:25a scheme at Energa Atom that allegedly siphoned 100 million dollars.
00:31Investigators say the ringleader was businessman Timur Mindich, a former close associate of
00:35Zelenskyy who has since been sanctioned.
00:39The European Commission praised the raids, saying they demonstrate that Ukraine's anti-corruption
00:43watchdogs are functioning and doing their work.
00:46Yermak, who has been a key figure in peace negotiations, said he is fully cooperating with investigators.
00:55And that's what I thought.
00:59Siphoned for theк
01:03Let's go see that the
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