To join the European Union, Ukraine must continue reforms in the areas of the rule of law and anti-corruption, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Twitter (X). She commented on the signing of the law on the independence of NABU (the National Anti-Corruption Bureau) and SAP (Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed during a conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that a draft law guaranteeing the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption institutions must be adopted as early as next week.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's sudden move to strip the country's anti-corruption infrastructure of its independence stunned the European Union. Even as the Ukrainian authorities now attempt to reverse the controversial move that faced a harsh backlash from the EU and the wider public,