Zelensky faces ground swell of protests after cutting anti-corruption body

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the target of the largest protests since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war after his government’s effective dissolution of a major anti-corruption body.

Earlier this month, Zelensky began accusing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of being infiltrated by Russian agents. Security Service of Ukraine agents on Monday raided over 70 locations linked to the NABU and arrested several senior figures, including top detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov.

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