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Some Lesser Known Facts About Andriy Yermak

• Andriy Yermak’s mother, Maria, is of Russian descent. His father, Borys, is of Ukrainian descent and Jewish. They met on a school trip from Leningrad to Kyiv through friends.​

• After their marriage in 1971, Maria moved to Kyiv from Russia. His brother, Denys, is eight years younger than him.​

  

  A child hood picture of Andriy Yermak

• During his second year of university, Andriy Yermak started working at the Proxen law firm at the request of one of his professors.​

• In 2010, during the Ukrainian presidential election, Andriy Yermak represented candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv’s 216th area.​

• That same year, Andriy Yermak met Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During this time, Zelenskyy worked as a general producer for a television channel named Inter.​

• In 2012, Andriy Yermak established the Garnet International Media Group, under which he produced various films, including Rules of the Fight and The Line.

• In that role, he handled big prisoner exchanges with Russia during the Donbas war.​ He then became a main contact in Ukraine to deal with the team of US President Donald Trump.​

• He said that Zelenskyy would investigate Burisma, the company that hired Hunter Biden, an American attorney and businessman. However, the statement was never publicly made by Zelenskyy.

• On 12 February 2020, he joined the National Security and Defence Council, where he assisted the President with administrative work, law, advice, media, analysis, and other responsibilities.​

• That same year, he supported and defended the battle of Bakhmut, despite frontline commanders demanding a strategic retreat.​

• That same year, Politico, an American political digital newspaper, referred to Andriy Yermak as Kyiv’s ‘Green Cardinal’ for his influence in public and private. He was often spotted wearing olive combat clothes.​

• In 2024, the Financial Times stated that he shaped Ukraine’s foreign policy by drafting peace plans and acting with presidential power.​They claimed that he has a huge but divided influence among Ukrainians, world leaders, and diplomats.​

• That same year, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine and was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.​
  

  Andriy Yermak on the printed edition of Time Magazine

• In June 2025, reportedly, Russia tried to assassinate his younger brother, Denys, when he was working in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

• In 2025, The Kyiv Independent, an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper, reported that some officials observed the negative impact of Andriy Yermak in EU and US politics.​

• In Ukraine, his reputation became even worse.​ In 2025, some anti-corruption groups targeted top officials when Yermak and Zelenskyy’s office backed a law that would put NABU and the anti-corruption prosecutors under a political prosecutor general.​

• Two weeks before Andriy Yermak’s dismissal, anti-corruption agencies broke up a crime group involving energy officials, ministers, and a former deputy prime minister.​

• On 28 November 2025, during Operation Midas, agents from NABU and the anti-corruption prosecutors raided his house.​

• Once, during a press conference, he claimed that some of his relatives were killed at Babyn Yar, a ravine near Kyiv.​ Reportedly, Nazi Germany and local helpers killed over 33,000 Jews there in September 1941.

• Andriy Yermak is a fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym regularly. He often shares pictures of his gym sessions on social media.
  

  Andriy Yermak during a gym session

• He enjoys smoking cigarettes occasionally.
  

  Andriy Yermak while smoking a cigarette