The National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine has long been a battleground in Ukrainian politics, where graft is rife.

Ukraine has seen the first anti-government protests since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, as a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked fury across the nation.

On Tuesday, Zelensky signed a law passed by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) which subordinated Ukraine's two main anti-corruption agencies to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General.

Volodymyr Zelensky has promised to reverse a crackdown on Ukraine’s anticorruption agencies following street protests.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday night to protest moves by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government to weaken anticorruption institutions, in the country’s first major antigovernment demonstration in three and a half years of war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new bill that critics says weakens the country's anti-corruption agencies.