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Ukrainians are taking the roads after the passage of a controversial bill, which is a threat to the autonomy of two anti -corruption agencies.
This law gives a general prosecutor-appointed by the President-an increased right over the National Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Office (SAPO) of the country.
The Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski has now been facing the biggest opposition since Russia’s 2022 invasion. The protesters gathered outside the President’s administration in Kiev, while other protests took place in small towns across the country.
Ukrainians protest at the first war -time rally against a newly passed law, which curbs the freedom of anti -corruption institutions amidst the Russian attack on Ukraine on July 22, 2025. (Reuters/Roman Baluk)
Zelansky of Ukraine named the new Prime Minister for the first time after Russia’s war began.
Vote came a day after Nabu officials were arrested in alleged relations with Russia, RecitablyThe outlet stated that Ukraine’s domestic security agency, which carried out the arrest, also investigated the background.
“I gathered all heads of Ukraine’s law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, as well as with the prosecutor General. It was a very important meeting-a clear and creative conversation that really helps,” Zelancesi wrote on X. ,
Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski and Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni (not painted) held a joint press conference during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola on 10 July 2025, Rome, Italy during 2025 (URC2025). (Antonio Massiyalo/Getty Images)
The Senate Trump proceeds to curb the ups and downs of the administration.
“, If this bill becomes law, the main nominal figure of SAPO will become, while NABU will lose its independence and convert into a subdivision of the prosecutor General’s office,” agencies said in a joint statement on Telegram, according to the Associated Press.
European Commissioner Marta Kos expressed concern over the vote, saying, “The disintegration of major security measures protecting Nabu’s freedom is a serious step.”
Zelancesi said in another X post, after a meeting, in which Nabu’s director semen cryvonos, SAPO prosecutor Olecusandar Cliemanko, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasil Malak, are required to clear “the Anti-Corepition Infrastructure” clearly “clearly”.
The protesters organized placards during a rally against the law that banned the freedom of anti -ITS improvement institutions on July 22, 2025 on July 22, 2025, Ukraine. ,
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The latest move risks of the Ukrainian government threatened their dialect to join the European Union, as a rift on internal corruption is a requirement. Additionally, it may stress the warming relationship between Zelansky and President Donald Trump, who has accused the Ukrainian leader of being “dictator without elections”.
Both the US and the European Union have supported the workers in Ukraine, who demand independent institutions and are empowered to clean corruption, According to exiosHowever, the pressure decreased significantly after Russia attacked Ukraine.
