Overview

• The Verkhovna Rada approved the bill on July 22 and President Zelensky signed it the same day, bringing the measure into effect.
• The legislation grants Ukraine’s prosecutor-general authority to direct or reassign NABU and SAPO tasks, reversing protections designed to ensure their operational independence.
• On July 21, the Security Service of Ukraine detained two NABU employees—one accused of passing information to Russian intelligence and another charged in a cannabis case—and executed multiple searches of agency offices and staff homes.
• NABU denounced at least 70 searches by various agencies—many linked to minor traffic incidents—as unjustified efforts to stall high-level corruption investigations.
• European Commission spokespersons have warned that curbs on Ukraine’s top anti-corruption bodies risk derailing key reforms tied to the country’s EU membership bid.