Zelensky backtracks on law over anti-corruption bodies
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The announcement appears to preclude any kind of top-level meeting or breakthrough ahead of the 50-day deadline for an agreement given by President Donald Trump.
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GB News on MSNVolodymyr Zelensky U-turns on corruption 'power grab' after fury erupts in UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky has U-turned on a move to loosen his country's anti-corruption rules after mass protests and international fury. The Ukrainian President, who has endured more than three years of Russian invasion,
President Volodymyr Zelensky has assured that the situation surrounding Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) will not impact negotiations on the country’s accession to the European Union.
Mr Zelensky said Russia was still attempting to advance on several parts of the front. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in next week's Helsinki+50 Conference, attending the meeting remotely, according to Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hosted by Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP), the conference will be held in Finland's capital on 31 July.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that Ukraine has secured funding to acquire three U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems: two financed by Germany and one by Norway. However, Ukraine ultimately needs ten such systems to meet its defense needs.
Mass demonstrations erupted in opposition to a law curbing the independence of anti-corruption institutions. Back in February — before he belatedly realized that Russia, rather than Ukraine, was to blame for the failure of peace talks — President Donald Trump denounced President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “ Dictator without Elections .”