New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Ukraine's deepening anti-corruption crisis intensified on Friday as President Zelensky announced the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, only hours after anti-corruption investigators raided his residence in Kyiv. The dramatic developments strike at the heart of Zelensky's administration at a moment when the country faces mounting US pressure to sign a peace agreement nearly four years into Russia's full-scale invasion.

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) confirmed that investigators were "conducting investigative actions at the head of the office of the president of Ukraine," marking one of the most politically sensit...