The European Union continues to keep a close eye on events unfolding inside Ukraine after a new law undermining the independence of two anti-corruption agencies prompted the bloc's first rebuke since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
The law, approved by the Ukrainian parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a speed that caught Brussels off guard, has brought the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) under the direct oversight of the prosecutor general, a political appointee.
