Mr Zelensky faced unprecedented pushback after signing a law that handed control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo) over to the prosecutor general, a position directly appointed by the president.

By Ben Aris in Berlin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has backtracked and approved new draft legislation aimed at restoring the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies, after the controversial law was passed on July 22 thatgutted Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms sparking the first mass anti-government protests since the war