Zelensky former 'right-hand man' charged with corruption
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,538.
Today, as Andrii Yermak is charged with money laundering, we ask: should President Zelensky be disappointed in his former chief of staff or worried that the scandal is coming closer to him? We report that Poland has moved first and secured a third of the 150 billion Euro SAFE funding and we get our regular view from James Kilner of what’s happening inside Russia. Plus, we take a short foray into Africa, asking what Russia’s ejection from Mali says about the Kremlin's international appeal.
Contributors:
Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X
Alex Nichol (Telegraph Journalist)
James Kilner (Russia Expert ). @jkjourno on X
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Inside the Ukrainian war room turning the tide on Russia
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/12/ukraine-war-drones-tech-russian-soldier-attacks/
Too paranoid to meet strangers, Putin fakes a street chat for cameras, by Antonia Langford
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/12/putin-fakes-a-street-chat-for-cameras/
Putin expands world’s largest drone factory as it ramps up exports to Iran
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/11/putin-expands-worlds-largest-drone-factory/
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- Zelensky former 'right-hand man' charged with corruption
- WhatRussia’s ejection from Mali says about the Kremlin's international appeal
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.7 | Today, as Andrei Yermak is charged with money laundering, we ask, |
| 0:16.0 | should President Zelensky be disappointed in his former chief of staff, |
| 0:19.5 | or worried that the scandal is coming closer to him. |
| 0:22.6 | We report that Poland has moved first and secured a third of the 150 billion euro safe funding. |
| 0:29.0 | And we get our regular view from inside Russia, cucumber index and all. |
| 0:33.3 | Plus, later, we take a short foray into Africa, asking quite what Russia's objection from Mali says about the Kremlin's international appeal. |
| 0:43.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:52.8 | The Russians is not one feast. |
| 0:55.0 | First, we're with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:58.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:02.0 | Writers. |
| 1:03.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:07.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:12.1 | We can't, as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:16.5 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:18.5 | We're strong. |
| 1:19.7 | We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:22.9 | It's Tuesday, the 12th of May, four years and 77 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:28.1 | And today I'm joined by the Telegraph journalist Alex Nicol and our Russia expert, James Kilmer. |
| 1:37.0 | Now, any perhaps fanciful hopes that Russia would continue the weekend's scratchy ceasefire |
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