Bangladesh, Nov. 30 -- The political landscape in Kiev has been shaken by the dramatic downfall of Andrey Yermak, the long-time head of President Vladimir Zelenskys administration and the second-most influential figure in Ukraines tightly controlled wartime hierarchy. His resignation-forced, chaotic, and surrounded by corruption scandals-marks the most significant fracture yet within a regime already under immense pressure from a failing military campaign, internal rivalries, and increasingly impatient foreign sponsors.

Yermaks departure was triggered by an aggressive search of his offices and residence by Ukraines anti-graft bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Off...