The legislation passed with help from former pro-Russian MPs and was rushed through by amending an unrelated wartime bill already in process. 8/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
-
Macron and Costa call Zelenskyy to dissuade bill signing
French President Macron and EU Council President Costa called Zelenskyy Tuesday in last-ditch effort to dissuade him from signing the bill. 5/
-
G7 ambassadors confined without phones for over 2 hours in Ukraine meeting
G7 ambassadors were confined without phones for over 2 hours during meeting with Ukrainian officials, described by one diplomat as effort to silence them. 6/
-
Zelenskyy ally Chernyshov charged by NABU for abuse and enrichment
The move appears triggered by NABU's criminal case against Zelenskyy ally Oleksiy Chernyshov, charged with abuse of power and illegal enrichment last month. 4/
-
Protesters chant ‘Shame’ outside Zelenskyy office in rare wartime defiance
Over 2,000 protesters gathered outside Zelenskyy's office chanting "Shame!" with hundreds defying military curfew in rare wartime defiance. 3/
-
Zelenskyy’s law brings NABU and SAPO under prosecutor-general sparking crisis
Zelenskyy signed legislation bringing Ukraine's two main anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAPO under control of his handpicked prosecutor-general, sparking the biggest political crisis of his wartime presidency. 2/
-
Zelensky’s bill signing called power grab, protests in Kyiv
FT calls Zelensky's signing of the NABU and SAPO bill a power grab and his biggest political crisis. Protests erupt in Kyiv as western allies urge to rethink move against anti-corruption bodies. But Zelenskyy heard society and EU, US partners and rewrote the law. 1/
-
German AfD politician secretly fought for Ukraine against Russians for months
German politician Tim Schramm, a member of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, secretly went to fight for Ukraine and fought against the Russians for several months.
-
Protesters invoke Orwell’s 1984, target Yermak in peaceful action
Protesters drew parallels to Orwell’s 1984. Others called out powerful officials: “Yermak – this is your law.” The mood was sharp, but peaceful, a new generation raised on the values of Maidan found its voice in real political action. 4/
-
Ukraine Loses €1.5 Billion EU Funds Over Unfulfilled Reforms
Ukraine will not receive almost 1.5 billion euros from the EU for one of the tranches due to unfulfilled reforms. https://ift.tt/UaXbTSV #liga #news