On May 14, 2026, the HACC remanded former Head of the Office of the President Andrii Yermak in custody with a UAH 140 million bail alternative. 

If bail is posted, he will be subject to the following obligations:

• appear at every summons of the detective, prosecutor, and court; 

• notify the investigator, prosecutor, or court of any change in his place of residence or work;  

• not leave the city of Kyiv;  

• refrain from communicating with other suspects in the case and witnesses;

• surrender his foreign travel and diplomatic passports; 

• wear an electronic bracelet.

The preventive measure runs for 60 days from the moment of actual detention. The obligations, in the event of release on bail, apply for 2 months from the moment of bail payment.

At yesterday's hearing, the prosecutor submitted additional evidence. In particular, transcripts of recorded conversations in which the suspects discuss the transfer of “500,000 to Che Guevara” (Chernyshov) from the “laundry,” along with data from assistant Kylymkova's phone concerning the design of Residence R2. The prosecutor also submitted correspondence between Yermak's driver and MP Mykola Tyshchenko, in which the latter calls Yermak a “multibillionaire” who is “already in space.”

The SAPO prosecutor read out correspondence dated December 24, 2025 between the contact “Andrey 2025” and Veronika Anikiievych (the person with whom Yermak consulted on appointments to state positions). Yermak put various questions to her, naming law enforcement officers, media figures, and politicians (Klymenko, Kryvonos, Tkach, Zhelezniak, and others), and declaring that he was ready to do anything.

Anikiievych responded by criticizing him and calling for aggressive self-defense, and warned of the threat of losing his authority and his “friend-guarantor.” As the best way out, she advised Yermak to manage to leave the country while the opportunity remained.

The prosecutor concluded that Yermak had ensured financing of the construction through contributions to the housing construction cooperative and cash from Mindich's criminal organization, and identified property registered to persons close to the former Head of the OP as belonging to him.

The defense attorney called the suspicion against Yermak unsubstantiated and the UAH 180 million bail unaffordable. According to counsel, Yermak was not connected to Chernyshov, did not own property in Dynasty, and the group of suspects was assembled by chance.

He further stressed that during the war Yermak was under round-the-clock supervision and stayed in the bunker, and therefore could not have committed the actions imputed to him. Counsel also denied any pressure on experts and the risk of flight, noting that Yermak crossed the border only on official business. In support, the defense submitted letters of gratitude from the military and a positive reference from the Ukrainian National Bar Association, adding that an NACP audit found no violations in Yermak's declarations.

Andrii Yermak himself declared his innocence, asserting that all his assets are properly declared. He called the bail excessive and emphasized that he has no connection whatsoever to the events imputed to him.

The prosecutor had requested that Yermak be subjected to a preventive measure in the form of custody with an alternative of UAH 180 million bail.