140 million in a few days: where did they really get the money for Yermak’s bail?

The speed of collecting 140 million hryvnias in bail for the former head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, suspected of corruption, caused significant public outcry and questions about the origin of this money.

Diplomat Dmytro Chekalkin and member of the delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe Yulia Vusenko analyzed the high-profile bail payment for a person involved in a corruption case on the air of “Pryamoy”.

In particular, they drew attention to the fact that these funds could significantly strengthen the state’s defense capabilities.

“But everyone started counting that for this amount it was possible to buy fifty cars for the front. For this money it was possible to build hundreds of kilometers of new fortifications,” Chekalkin noted.

Yulia Vusenko clarified that the funds were contributed by seven individuals and seven legal entities. Some of the donor companies have a minimum authorized capital, which creates grounds for inspection by financial monitoring bodies. In particular, journalists reported that one of the companies with an authorized capital of several thousand hryvnias provided 30 million hryvnias.

“It is obvious that this money will be collected, transferred there, for example, by the suspect himself to someone in order to get out of the pre-trial detention center directly, influence the further course of the case, meet with people who can change the course of the case,” explains Vusenko.

Diplomat Dmytro Chekalkin added that such schemes may involve professionals in hiding financial flows through offshore companies and funds. According to the participants in the discussion, the speed of collecting such a sum is a test for the entire anti-corruption system of the state.

We will remind, the former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak was released from pre-trial detention on May 18, 2026. He was released on bail of 140 million hryvnias – 4 days after the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court chose for him a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of bail in the money laundering case.

Later, the former official thanked everyone who helped collect the 140 million hryvnia bail and said he would remain in Ukraine. The former head of the OP also reiterated that he considers himself innocent and denies all charges.

By the way, the former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak was taken from the pre-trial detention center on May 18 by guards who had previously been seen at state events with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Journalists claim that three of them worked in state security a few months ago. At least one of them guarded the President of Ukraine for a long time.

As is known, NABU and SAPO have exposed an organized group suspected of legalizing 460 million hryvnias in an elite construction project near Kyiv. The suspicion was reported to one of the participants in the scheme, the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine , Andriy Yermak .

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