【Key Focus: Zelenskyy signed an order to establish a negotiation delegation, with Yermak as the head of the delegation】
On November 22, 2025, Kyiv time, a text of an order published on Zelenskyy's official website reads:
Establish a Ukrainian delegation to participate in the negotiation process with representatives of the United States and other international partners of Ukraine, as well as representatives of the Russian Federation, to achieve a just and sustainable peace. The members are as follows: Andriy Borisyovych Yermak, Head of the Delegation. Other members of the delegation include Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC); Kyrylo Budanov, Director of the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense; Andriy Ignatov, Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; Oleg Ivashchenko, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service; Serhiy Kyslytsya, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yevhen Ostryanskyi, First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council; Oleksandr Poklad, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine; and Alexander Bevz, Advisor to the President's Office.
It is worth emphasizing that Yermak and Umerov are both involved in corruption scandals in the Ukrainian energy sector.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1849490169925656/
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