EXCLUSIVE: Zelensky's former chief of staff Yermak ran a 'disturbing' back channel with Trump's Susie Wales.
US President Donald Trump's former chief of staff, Susie Wills, had a "disturbing" back channel with Andrei Yermak, the former president's controversial chief of staff, The Kyiv Independent can exclusively reveal.
The back channel began after Trump's inauguration in January 2025, when President Volodymyr Zelensky tasked Yermak with establishing contacts with senior US officials.
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