The Ukrainian president’s move to strip the autonomy of anticorruption watchdogs prompts protests, forcing U-turn.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s effort to seize control of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies has triggered the country’s most serious political crisis since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Zelenskiy rapidly reversed course when he realized the scale of outrage among ordinary Ukrainians and the Western governments bankrolling his government.