Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Bill No. 12414 that slashes the independence of the nation’s top anti-corruption bodies. The bill was rushed through the Parliament.
Hundreds of angry protesters, mostly youth, have taken to the streets in Kyiv.
It allows the Prosecutor General’s Office to seize control of high-profile corruption investigations from the country’s fiercely independent watchdogs – the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people gathered near the Ivan Franko Theatre in the heart of the capital, just steps from the presidential compound.
“They are crying that they do not want to return to the times of [former President Viktor] Yanukovych’ Kyiv Post reporter Sergii Kostezh said.
“They do not want to return to the times of pro-Russian governance in Ukraine.”
President Zelensky signed the bill immediately and without hesitation. The protests mean nothing. This is the leadership saving democracy in the West.
The Reason Given
Zelensky said they were ridding the infrastructure of Russian influence. He claimed Russians are still getting information from the agencies.
“The anti-corruption infrastructure will work. Only without Russian influence, it needs to be cleared of that. And there should be more justice,” he said on X.
They now plan to pursue cases against people who fled Ukraine and are living abroad.
I spoke with NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, SAPO Prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk. We discussed various challenges.
The anti-corruption infrastructure will work. Only without Russian… pic.twitter.com/GQwlIrzNmk
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 22, 2025
Wait, the democrats and some republicans reliably told me that he was saving democracy and that he’s just like us and that we should give him billions, potentially put our military in harms way for him to “save democracy”….Could it be that they weren’t being entirely honest?
An overthrow must occur, unlike the USA inspired coup in 2014.
This time the USA will let the overthrow happen, instead of making a coup. The removal of Z would not be a coup, since he is not legally the president, he cancelled elections.
If the West will not be sensible, then Russia will need to take the entire country.
Is it any wonder Democrats LOVE Zelensky ?
He is a tyrannical dictator just like Democrats are.
The little dictator’s strangle grip on the country tightens. He and his cronies don’t want their scams to be revealed.
Strangle hold!!!