U krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has approved the text of a draft law guaranteeing the freedom of two anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine - days after nationwide protests broke out over changes curbing their independence. Kyiv's Western partners had also expressed serious concerns over the legislation.

Anger has boiled over after attempts by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to overhaul agencies investigating claims that insiders skimmed military spending.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has finalized a new set of regulations on the work of the anti-corruption authorities in the wake of protests against controversial new legislation passed by the parliament in Kiev.

Ukraine's government is facing growing backlash after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law limiting the independence of two anti-corruption agencies.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill limiting two Ukrainian anticorruption agencies. After street protests and other criticism, he said he would propose a new law restoring their independence.

A face-to-face meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders is needed "to truly ensure a lasting peace," Zelensky said late on Saturday.

Mass demonstrations erupted in opposition to a law curbing the independence of anti-corruption institutions. Back in February — before he belatedly realized that Russia, rather than Ukraine, was to blame for the failure of peace talks — President Donald Trump denounced President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “ Dictator without Elections .”