Ukraine's Zelensky tries to limit backlash over law curbing anti-graft agencies

23/07/2025 13:35 France 24

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky promised a quick new plan on July 23 to fight corruption, after a law curbing the independence of anti-graft agencies triggered the first street protests of the war and rare rebukes from European allies. France 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.

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