Overview

• Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted by a 331-member majority to restore the autonomy of NABU and SAPO after President Zelenski briefly subordinated them to the prosecutor general
• NABU and SAPO arrested four individuals, including a sitting legislator, National Guard members and local officials, for inflating contracts and taking kickbacks of up to 30%
• Investigators found the scheme involved state purchases of drones and electronic warfare systems sold at deliberately inflated prices to generate illicit commissions
• President Volodymyr Zelenski praised zero tolerance for corruption and the agencies’ work even as his approval rating remains near 30% under martial law
• The European Union has suspended delivery of a €1.5 billion aid package pending confirmation of lasting anticorruption reforms