For many who came to know Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky only after Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the president's recent move on anti-graft agencies was jarring. In the early days of the invasion,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the work of Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure. — Ukrinform.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone attacks, with five people dead in the strikes, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was optimistic about military progress.

Trump and Zelensky recently discussed a "mega deal" where the U.S. would buy drones from Kyiv, said the Ukrainian president.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated medical workers on their professional holiday and expressed his gratitude to all medical workers for saving Ukrainians in the face of full-scale war with Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky has U-turned on a move to loosen his country's anti-corruption rules after mass protests and international fury. The Ukrainian President, who has endured more than three years of Russian invasion,

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Facing growing pressure amid nationwide protests, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine backtracked on controversial legislation that would have weakened the country’s independent anticorruption institutions.

Ukrainian analysts have told Newsweek the move undoes a decade of democratic progress, although its president Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he backed a new draft law aimed at strengthening the independence the anti-corruption institutions. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian president's office and the Kremlin for comment.

Editor’s update (July 24th): After we published this leader, Volodymyr Zelensky introduced a new bill that, in effect, appears to reverse these changes.