Zelenskyy points to Russia, anti-corruption bill sparks widespread protests in Ukraine
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A controversial bill threatens the autonomy of two anti-corruption agencies, with Ukrainians taking to the streets.
The legislation enables the Attorney General (appointed by the President) to increase power over the country’s National Anti-Corruption Agency (NABU) and the dedicated Office of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor (SAPO).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now facing the biggest protests since the 2022 invasion. Demonstrators gather outside the Kiev presidential government, while other protests took place in smaller cities across the country.
Ukrainians protested at the first wartime rally against a newly passed law that curbed Russian attacks on central Ukraine in Ukraine Central Ukraine, protesting on July 22, 2025 in Russia’s attack on Ukraine. (Reuters/Roman Baruch)
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According to Reuters, two Nab officials were arrested for relations with Russia. The Ukrainian Domestic Security Agency, which conducted the arrest, also conducted a background check, the store said.
“I gathered all the heads of the law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine. It was a very needed meeting and it was a really helpful candid and constructive conversation,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. We all share the enemy: Russian Occupiers: Defend the Ukrainian state’s official and powerful official and powerful committee’s elections committee’s rule and a powerful act.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not shown) held a joint press conference at the 2025 Ukraine Restoration Conference (URC 2025) at the Rome Convention Center in Rome on July 10, 2025, and held in Rome, Italy on July 10, 2025. (Antonio Masiello/Getty image)
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“In fact, if the bill becomes law, the head of SAPO will become a nominal number and Nab will lose its independence and turn it into a breakdown of the Attorney General’s office,” the agency said in a joint statement on the telegraph, according to the Associated Press.
Marta Kos, director of the European Expansion, expressed concern about the vote, saying: “The removal of the main safeguards to protect Nab’s independence is a serious step.”
Zelenskyy said in another X post that after the meeting, including NABU director Semen Kryvonos, SAPO prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko, Ruslan Kravchenko and Ukrainian choroidal security services
Protesters held placards at a rally against a law that restricts the independence of anti-corruption agencies in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ivan Antypenko/suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine by Getty Images)
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The latest move by the Ukrainian government could endanger bids to join the EU, as the crackdown on internal corruption is necessary. Furthermore, this could constitute a warming relationship between Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump, who accused Ukrainian leaders of being “authoritarians without elections.”
According to Axios, both the United States and the European Union support Ukrainian militants, demanding the establishment and authority to clean up corruption. However, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pressure dropped significantly.
