Zelenskiy Risks Ukraine EU Bid as Protest Over Graft Office Grow

Protests flared across Ukraine for the second night after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to hobble anti-corruption authorities. The move blindsided Kyiv’s allies and may have inflicted lasting damage to its ambition to join the European Union.

The approval of legislation rushed through parliament this week triggered the biggest outbreak of popular discontent against the Ukrainian leader since Russia’s full-scale invasion began more than three-and-half years ago. Zelenskiy on Wednesday pledged to introduce new legislation to address concerns over weakening the anti-graft bodies.