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Zelenskyy Signs Law Expanding Powers and Size of Ukraine’s Security Service
On July 28, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he had signed a new law significantly strengthening the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The measure, which he highlighted in his evening video address, increases the agency’s manpower and enhances its operational capabilities.…
Jul 28, 2025
Ukraine’s military intelligence and the SBU intervened to shield Oleksiy Chernyshov from NABU arrest at the border
A month before the events surrounding the dismantling of Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to step in to rescue a close family friend – who also happened to be Vice Prime Minister and former Minister for National…
Jul 27, 2025
Ukraine’s Parliament Sets Date to Consider Zelenskyy’s Bill on NABU and SAPO Independence
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine schedules July 31, 2025 vote on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s urgent NABU and SAPO independence anti-corruption bill. Ukraine’s Parliament has set July 31, 2025, for a special session to consider President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bill No. 13533, which…
Jul 25, 2025
Zelenskyy’s New Bill restores NABU and SAPO, But Leaves Controversial Law Intact
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has finally submitted a draft law No. 13533 on NABU and SAPO. Anti-corruption action Centre revised the document and informs that it fully restores the foundations of independence for NABU and SAPO – foundations that were dismantled…
Jul 24, 2025
Zelenskyy Submits Bill to Safeguard NABU and SAPO Independence
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Draft Law on NABU and SAPO Independence Appears on Parliament Website. The draft bill card is available on the Verkhovna Rada website. Earlier, President Zelenskyy announced that he had approved the text of a new bill aimed at…
Jul 24, 2025
NABU and SAPO Demand a New Law to Restore Their Independence. Zelenskyy Turns a Blind Eye
The President’s Office couldn’t come up with anything better than to convene a demonstrative meeting with the heads of all law enforcement agencies, including the director of NABU and the head of SAPO. After all, they understand – the latter…
Jul 23, 2025
Zelenskyy Signs Law Undermining NABU and SAPO Independence
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has already signed a bill that reduces the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). This was started bt MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksiy Honcharenko. “According to several of…
Jul 22, 2025
Ukraine Takes Step Back: Parliament Votes to Strip NABU and SAPO Independence, Critics Warn of ‘Yanukovych 2.0’
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has passed draft law No. 12414 in its second reading, effectively making the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) subordinate to the Prosecutor General. Until now, both institutions operated independently. If President Volodymyr…
Jul 22, 2025
NABU and SAPO: Draft Law 12414 “Effectively Destroy Our Independence”
Today, Ukraine’s Parliament is set to consider Draft Law No. 12414 in its second reading, now with last-minute amendments that, according to official statements by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), would effectively eliminate their…
Jul 22, 2025
The Parliamentary Committee Supports Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code: NABU and SAPO May Become Dependent on the Prosecutor General
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement supported amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), according to which the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) could become dependent on the decisions of the Prosecutor General.…
Jul 22, 2025
Zelenskyy is destroying key anti-corruption achievements of the Revolution of Dignity and taking us back to the Yanukovych era
Zelenskyy undermines key Anti-Corruption reforms. With draft law No 12414, Zelenskyy is destroying the key anti-corruption achievements of the Revolution of Dignity and taking us back to the Yanukovych era (at least in terms of justice). Today, the Verkhovna Rada’s…
Jul 22, 2025
Ramstein-format meeting kicks off in Kyiv with participation from 52 countries
The meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format has begun in Kyiv, with newly appointed Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal taking part, according to Suspilne. Fifty-two countries will join the meeting online, including NATO members, EU states,…
Jul 21, 2025