Ukraine’s parliament has just voted to revoke the independence of NABU (the National Anti-Corruption Bureau) and SAPO (the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office) — two key institutions backed by the West and designed to operate independently.
President Zelensky is now dismantling the very anti-corruption agencies that Washington and Brussels once championed.
NABU and SAPO were established in the aftermath of Maidan—trained by the FBI and funded by Washington and Brussels—with the explicit goal of being untouchable by Ukraine’s political elite.
Now, that protective firewall is collapsing. Parliament has moved to strip their independence, while the SBU is reportedly cracking down aggressively on their personnel.
Why now? Because Zelensky’s inner circle—Alexey Chernyshov and other top allies—are currently under active investigation.
So he’s doubling down to protect his team, openly defying the Western-backed safeguards that were put in place to ensure accountability.
New law hands broad powers to the Prosecutor General to:
• Take over cases from NABU
• Shut down investigations into top officials
• Directly command detectives
• Reassign prosecutions at their discretion
SAPO would also be stripped of key powers:
• No authority to settle jurisdictional disputes
• Unable to block politically motivated appeals
• No means to safeguard NABU’s independence
The worst part? These changes were secretly tacked onto the bill, violating parliamentary procedures.
The West created NABU to follow the trail of billions in aid. Now Zelensky wants to shut that window tight.
He’s making “pay up and shut up” official policy.
The big question remains: Will Ukraine’s backers just accept this?
