Yermak's aides and advisers dismissed, Leshchenko, Podolyak, and Bevz assigned to other positions

Yermak's aides and advisers dismissed, Leshchenko, Podolyak, and Bevz assigned to other positions

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Following Andriy Yermak's dismissal from the post of Head of the Office of the President, his aides and advisers were also dismissed. However, Serhii Leshchenko, Mykhailo Podolyak, and Oleksandr Bevz were transferred to other positions within the Office of the President.

This was reported to Ukrinform by the Office of the President.

“This is how it is when the Head of the Office is dismissed, his aides and advisers, his cabinet are also dismissed,” the Office of the President said.

At the same time, the Office of the President stated that “Leshchenko, Podolyak, and Bevz, who are participating in the negotiation process, have been transferred to other positions in the Office.”

Later, on television, Serhii Leshchenko said that he and Mykhailo Podolyak now hold the position of advisors to the Office of the President.

“When the Head of the Office left, his advisors left too. Now there is no Head of the Office. Mykhailo Podolyak and I have been reappointed as advisors to the Office of the President,” Leshchenko said.

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He added that the deputies of the Head of the Office of the President and “the hierarchy below them continue to work as before.”

As reported by Ukrinform, on November 28, Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Andriy Yermak, the Head of the Office of the President, who had previously submitted his resignation.

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