Berlin, July 25 -- The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) conducted searches in July in Germany at the residence of Rostyslav Shurma, former deputy of Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy's office, the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper reported on Friday, citing an anonymous Ukrainian lawmaker.
In early September 2024, amid a cabinet reshuffle in Ukraine, Zelenskyy dismissed Shurma, who, reportedly, was a supervisor of the entire Ukrainian economy in Zelenskyy's office.
On the eve of July 15, Shurma called a senior official in Zelenskyy's office, reporting that NABU detectives, alongside German law enforcement, conducted searches at his residence in a Munich suburb and seized his phone, the sources within...