Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his powerful chief of staff and lead negotiator in peace talks, Andriy Yermak, resigned after becoming ensnared in a corruption investigation.

Zelenskyy said in a video posted on Telegram that he will hold consultations on Saturday with potential candidates to replace Yermak. The president didn’t elaborate on his chief of staff’s decision.

“There will be a reboot of the Office of the President of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in the video. “I am grateful to Andriy for always representing Ukraine’s position in the negotiation track exactly as it should be. It was always a patriotic position. But I want there to be no rumors or speculation.”

The move followed a search of Yermak’s apartment by anti-graft investigators early Friday. While the authorit

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