India, Nov. 28 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that his top aide, Andriy Yermak, had resigned after investigators conducted a raid at the powerful chief of staff's home as part of a broad corruption investigation.

"The Office of the President of Ukraine will be reorganised. The head of the office, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation," Zelensky said in a video, where he added that he would meet on Saturday to discuss a potential successor, according to an AFP report.

Searches inside Ukraine's top offices have unfolded at a moment when Kyiv faces mounting pressure from Washington to negotiate a peace agreement, nearly four years into Russia's invasion, according to a report by the Associated Press. ...