Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Sergei Leshchenko was dismissed from the post of adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine after the resignation of Andriy Ermak. This was reported by Ukrainian News with reference to the response of the Office of the President of Ukraine to the publication’s request..

The OP noted that not only Leshchenko was fired from the position of adviser, but all the advisers and assistants of Andrei Ermak, after he wrote a letter of resignation.

“In connection with the dismissal of the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, persons who were in the positions of assistants and advisers (full-time and external) to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine were dismissed from their positions,” reads the official response from the OP.

The publication notes that according to previous public statements of the OPU, a year ago, in December 2024, Andrei Ermak had nine advisers: full-time ones - Alexander Bevz, Liliya Pashinnaya, Victoria Romanova, Tatyana Gaiduchenko; freelance - Sergey Leshchenko, Daria Zarivnaya, Mikhail Podolyak, Elina Elyanova, Alexander Rodnyansky.

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