UP found Yermak in Kyiv – he plays sports and meets with top officials

Former Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak who disappeared from the information space after his resignation, remains in Ukraine. He enjoys tight security and occasionally holds non-public meetings with officials. This was found out by "Ukrainska Pravda".

According to the investigators, Yermak leads an extremely private lifestyle, but he visits a gym every day, which is probably "part of the government facilities."

Journalists recorded that the movement of the former head of the OP is accompanied by enhanced security measures. He drives an armored Mercedes with two security cars, and before Yermak gets out of the car, the guards check the perimeter for about 15 minutes. The guards have their own keys to the hall and can open and close the room on their own.

After his resignation, Yermak probably met with statesmen. Among them was Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevhen Korniychuk. on January 15, he spent about an hour in the house in the government quarter where Yermak had entered earlier. The diplomat was met at the entrance by Yermak's bodyguard. Subsequently, as journalists recorded, the bodyguard of the former head of the OP probably transferred the gift in the ambassador's hands to an armored Mercedes.

on January 25, a visit of Yermak's lawyer Igor Fomin to Israel was recorded. Investigators do not rule out that the purpose of the trip was to meet with Timur Mindich – a key figure in the investigation into the midas case.

When asked by investigators whether Yermak had given any instructions regarding the negotiations with Mindich, Fomin denied it.

"No, he did not give me such instructions. But I, as an active lawyer, have a certain amount of rights within the framework of criminal proceedings, including the right to collect evidence in the cases I work on. I will not comment on whom I meet, why I meet, what explanations I receive and from whom, because this is attorney-client privilege," Fomin emphasized.

The human rights activist also noted that "interference in the activities of a lawyer is unacceptable" and called on journalists to "be careful" in this regard.

on January 27, Yermak allegedly met with Alexander Kamyshin is a former Minister of Strategic Industries, a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia and a strategic advisor to the President.

Kamyshin arrived at this meeting with a notebook and left his office an hour later. Later, Yermak himself left the building. When asked by journalists about the content of the talks, Kamyshin said that he "could not remember" what was discussed, but assured them that it was not about the defense sector.

on January 30, Yermak arrived at the residential complex where the NSDC Secretary lives Rustem Umerov. The meeting lasted about three hours. Umerov confirmed the visit to journalists, calling the conversation "general."

The former head of the OP himself does not comment publicly.

• On the morning of November 28, 2025, the NABU and the SAPO conducted searches at Yermak's placeboth in the government quarter and at his home. The head of the OP himself stated that he was "fully cooperating" with the investigation.
• On the same day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Yermak as head of the OP, after which he allegedly said in a comment to the New York Post intention to go to the front.
• In January 2026, the Ministry of Defense reported that Yermak did not apply to the TCC for service.
• on January 15, it became known that Yermak did not receive a suspicion after the searches, and NABU and SAPO did not answer where he is now.
• In late January, it became known that Yermak restored the right to practice law after a break of almost six years.