Ukrainian officials fly to Florida for talks with Witkoff, Bloomberg reports

The delegation, which includes Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) secretary Rustem Umerov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya, is expected to meet US special representative Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Florida.

Witkoff is also expected to lead the US delegation at talks in Russia next week.

Trip was supposed to be Yermak's

As reported, on the morning of November 29, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) conducted searches involving the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak. Later, Yermak confirmed this and said he was cooperating with investigators.

The searches may be linked to the Midas investigation — a major corruption case in Ukraine’s energy sector. More details on the searches, the scandal, and the investigation can be found in RBC-Ukraine's report.

Following the searches, NABU did not announce any suspicions, but in the evening, Yermak submitted his resignation.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accepted Yermak's resignation and announced that consultations on a new head of the President’s Office would begin on November 29.

Earlier, it became known that since Yermak stepped down, NSDC secretary Rustem Umerov would travel to Miami to meet representatives of US President Donald Trump in his place.

According to media reports, the meeting was initially canceled but later confirmed to be taking place.

Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine's delegation at the talks will include the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, intelligence representatives, the NSDC, and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, Yermak was the head of the delegation.