Overview
- Parliament voted to dismiss Ruslan Kravchenko on Tuesday after President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended him by decree and sent a dismissal motion to the Verkhovna Rada.
- The dismissal follows Operation Carthage, a joint NABU and SAPO probe launched on Sept. 4 that alleges a protection and money‑laundering network tied to the Prosecutor General’s Office and prompted searches and detentions.
- On Sept. 14 Kravchenko published a notice of suspicion and case materials accusing NABU Director Semen Kryvonos of historical document forgery and a sham adoption while he was abroad, but the Prosecutor General’s Office later said Kryvonos had not been formally served.
- NABU and SAPO say the investigation remains active but is facing fierce obstruction, and both agencies characterized Kravchenko’s public allegations as an attack on their independence.
- The European Commission has reiterated that independent anti‑corruption bodies are central to Ukraine's rule‑of‑law reforms and EU accession, making this institutional clash a key test for Kyiv's reform commitments.