Ukrainian authorities on ​Monday named President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful former chief of staff as a suspect in a major corruption probe, a move likely to pile pressure on the president's office at ⁠a sensitive moment in the war with Russia.

Kyiv's political class was rocked by a wide-ranging investigation last year that had fueled public anger and prompted the ex-top adviser and Zelenskiy's right-hand man, Andriy Yermak, to resign.

In ⁠a statement, Ukraine's anti-graft agencies ​said ⁠Yermak is suspected of participating in a criminal group that laundered around $10.5 million through an elite housing development outside the ⁠capital Kyiv.

The agencies did not name Yermak, in line with ​Ukrainian law, ⁠but he was widely identified ‌by local media.…