Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held additional meetings with candidates for the position of head of the Office of the President.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 4 December

Quote: "I have scheduled a Staff meeting for tomorrow – and among the issues will be a new, more rational distribution of personnel among the units, so that the brigades can feel more confident. This is being discussed in every combat brigade – we are preparing a decision.

Today, I also held additional meetings with the candidates for the position of the new head of the Office of the President – we discussed the formats of the Office's work and the interaction with other state institutions that is necessary for Ukraine's interests. A decision regarding the new head of the Office will be made in the near future."

Background :

• On 28 November, Ukrainska Pravda reported that officers from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) were conducting searches at the office of Andrii Yermak, then head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, in the government district. Ukrainska Pravda journalists managed to record around 10 employees from NABU and SAPO entering the government district.
• Yermak confirmed that the search was taking place at his home and said he was ready to assist the investigation. According to UP, he had not been served with a notice of suspicion as of the morning.
• Poland said that corruption investigations in Ukraine are "bad news" from the Polish point of view, as they do not make the current peace talks any easier.
• Zelenskyy later announced that he had accepted Andrii Yermak's resignation as head of the President's Office and that the institution would now undergo a reboot. The president said he would hold consultations with potential candidates on 29 November.
• Yermak subsequently announced that he was joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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