New allegations suggest that pressure from European Union representatives influenced Ukraine's anti-corruption investigators to halt searches linked to Andriy Yermak, a senior ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This raises concerns about the independence of Kyiv’s accountability institutions and potential political interference in high-profile corruption cases.

• The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reportedly stopped searches at offices connected to Yermak, former head of the Presidential Office.
• Investigators are said to have reclassified potential charges from serious criminal offenses to lesser administrative violations.
• The controversy surfaces as Yermak has reportedly re-emerged within the president’s inner circle after his formal resignation.