A cross-party group of 48 lawmakers has submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, aimed at restoring the independence of key anti-corruption agencies, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech, said on July 24.

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced he would propose a bill to "ensure the strength of the rule of law system," in response to nationwide protests over a new law curtailing the power of anti-corruption authorities.