Overview

• Ukraine’s parliament voted 331–0 to reinstate the independent status of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
• President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately ratified and published the bill, affirming that both agencies will resume normal autonomous operations.
• The legislation introduces mandatory lie detector tests and enhanced vetting for staff handling classified information to guard against Russian infiltration.
• The July 22 law had placed NABU and SAPO under the prosecutor general’s direct control, triggering the first large-scale wartime demonstrations since 2022.
• EU officials welcomed the restored safeguards as essential but underscored that continuous reforms are needed to uphold the rule of law and advance Ukraine’s EU accession prospects.