Here on TGP we are keeping a close look on the developments in Kiev regarding regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky’s power grab and dismantling of the Anti-Corruption agencies NABU e SAPO.
Street protests across the country and severe backlash from Western allies shook Bankova Street to the core.
While Zelensky eventually relented and presented new legislation undoing the previous contentious law, his ‘faux-pas’ has unleashed developments that would have been unthinkable just a couple of months ago.
To begin with, reinforcing previous reporting by Seymour Hersh, we learn that Russian Intel: US and UK Working to Oust Zelensky and Enthrone Zaluzhny – Ukrainian General Is Portrayed in the Pages of Vogue.
And even across the sea, we find out that European Union Suspends ALL Aid to Ukraine as Kiev Continues to Pressure the Anti-corruption Agencies.
And today, Ukraine’s top anti-corruption comes public in the western media to warn that the anti-corruption agencies are facing ‘more political pressure and smear campaigns’.
Financial Times reported:
“Oleksandr Klymenko, head of Ukraine’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo), in an interview with the Financial Times, described recent moves against his agency as part of a ‘coordinated’ effort by senior government officials. The pressure culminated in Zelenskyy signing a law last week that placed Sapo and its law enforcement counterpart, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu), under executive control.”
Zelensky’s police gained access to all case files and disrupted the investigations.
“Even if parliament overturns the controversial law that MPs rammed through last week — a vote on a new bill restoring both Sapo and Nabu’s independence and endorsed by Zelenskyy is set for Thursday — Klymenko made clear that serious damage had already been done. He warned that the ‘lasting’ consequences of the assault could severely limit his office’s ability to function.
“’Our work has been effectively stopped’, he said. ‘Almost all of our whistleblowers stopped co-operating with us over fears that they could be exposed’, he added.”
The bill restricting @nab_ukr and #SAPO independence has caused all the whistleblowers to suspend their cooperation with investigators-SAPO head Klymenko to @Bloomberg https://t.co/SJ9G4ieHTt
— Volodymyr Solohub (@v_solohub) July 30, 2025
But who is responsible? The ‘highest echelons of power’, he says, unwilling to name names at this critical juncture.
For those who understand, it’s Zelensky and his chief of the Presidential office, the ‘grey eminence’ Andriy Yermak.
Zelensky pledged to remedy the concerns about executive over-reach with his new bill.
“The outcome of Thursday’s vote is uncertain, with upwards of 70 lawmakers from Zelenskyy’s ruling party unsure of whether they will join others in approving it over fears of retribution.”
Read more:
Zelensky Stripped Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agencies of Power Because They Were Investigating Officials Linked to His Grey Eminence Andriy Yermak: REPORT
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