{"id":1327933,"date":"2025-12-02T12:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/scandal-on-bankova-how-yermak-became-a-danger-to-zelensky\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T06:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:55:15","slug":"scandal-on-bankova-how-yermak-became-a-danger-to-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/scandal-on-bankova-how-yermak-became-a-danger-to-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Gatekeeper Becomes the Risk: Yermak\u2019s Shadow Over Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When someone on Bankova says, \u201cWe parted ways in a civilized manner,\u201d it usually means that moments earlier, there were raised voices, slammed doors, and a lack of oxygen in the room. The breakup of the Zelensky\u2013Yermak tandem was wrapped in a polished obituary, complete with gratitude for years of service, talk of \u201cpatriotism,\u201d a \u201csuccessful peace track,\u201d and a \u201csystem reboot.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But all signals from the sidelines \u2014 from journalists, MPs, and people who spent that day in the corridors of Bankova \u2014 point to something very different. They speak of scandal, recriminations, mutual accusations, and even tears. Not from shame, but because the system they had built together over seven years finally reached the point where it began devouring its own creators.<\/p>\n

This is not merely a quarrel between two figures. It is a clash between a president who still believes he can save himself through \u201cnegotiations and patriotic statements,\u201d and his former \u201cstrategic brain,\u201d who has ceased to be an asset and has become a legal and political liability for the entire regime. This is the story of how Yermak transformed from Zelenskyy\u2019s chief instrument into his chief threat \u2014 and how the president is now forced to manoeuvre so as not to be dragged down with Yermak by NABU, while remaining trapped in a zugzwang between Ukrainian society, Brussels, and the FBI.<\/p>\n

To understand the danger of this rupture, one has to recall how they emerged as a pair. Zelenskyy came to power not as a bureaucrat or a product of a party machine, but as a symbol \u2014 the \u201cguy from the TV series\u201d who bikes to work and sweeps away the old, corrupt order. There was plenty of naivety in that projection, but it was sincere, and it won. The problem is that a symbol is not a management tool. You can admire a symbol or print it on a T-shirt, but a symbol cannot run logistics, command an army, or manage customs and energy sectors in real time.<\/p>\n\t\t