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KYIV -- A Ukrainian court ordered Andriy Yermak jailed as part of a luxury real estate scandal, setting bail at over $3 million for the man who was once President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's most influential adviser.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Yermak, Zelenskyy's chief of staff from 2020-25, would be able to meet the bail -- around 140 million hyvynas ($3.2 million) -- ordered in the May 14 ruling by the Kyiv court.

"I told you, I don't have that kind of money," Yermak told the court, saying his lawyers would appeal the ruling.