Perhaps the most painful loss for Zelenskyy was the resignation of his own deputy chief of staff. Kyrylo Tymoshenko was a longtime friend of the president who worked with him in his pre-political career as a comedian, and his proximity made him one of Ukraine’s most powerful men. But he was also the subject of a series of embarrassing stories after he was photographed driving a new Porsche around Kyiv.
Tymoshenko denied owning the car. In a social media post, he gave no reason for his resignation but thanked Zelenskyy “for the trust and for the opportunity to do good