Overview

• The Verkhovna Rada approved the reversal on July 31 with a 331–9 vote, overturning last week’s amendments that had placed NABU and SAPO under the prosecutor general’s control.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the legislation hours after the parliamentary vote, affirming the agencies’ autonomy and pledging no external interference.
• The new law introduces mandatory polygraph examinations for anti-corruption officers as a safeguard against alleged Russian infiltration.
• The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office are preparing to resume full operations and high-level graft investigations.
• European Union officials welcomed the move but emphasized that Ukraine must sustain rule-of-law reforms to secure continued EU accession support and Western aid.