Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided for now not to replace Andrii Yermak, Head of the President's Office, despite public unease over his performance and critical comments from officials.

Source: MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak from the Holos party; Ukrainska Pravda sources in political circles

Details: Zhelezniak posted on social media that "the president has decided not to dismiss Yermak". The MP also said that Zelenskyy will "mount a counteroffensive against all those behind the probe of Mindichgate".

Ukrainska Pravda sources also confirm that the president has decided for now not to dismiss the head of the Office.

Read more: Mindichgate: one week on from the corruption scandal, what's going on in the government?

Background:

• Key government figures close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have been advising him to dismiss Andrii Yermak, following the high-profile Operation Midas investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
• MP Mykyta Poturaiev published a statement by members of the Servant of the People faction calling to begin forming a new coalition in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) and then to form a "Government of National Resilience".

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