The war made Zelensky famous – and the corruption of the Kiev regime made him infamous.
The mainstream media – and people who give credence to their reporting – live in an upside-down world.
Take Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, for example: described as a ‘new Winston Churchill’, a heroic figure of nearly mythological standing.
In real life, Zelensky is a ‘president’ whose mandate ended more than a year ago, who leads a via martial law a regime packed with real-life Nazis, rampant corruption, censure of the press, outlawing of opposition parties, arresting or exiling popular opponents… the list goes on – and don’t even get us started with his widely rumored substance abuse.
Now, all of a sudden, the world’s MSM is slowly but surely turning a cold shoulder to the ‘moderately successful comedian’.
The reason is simple: the Kiev regime was reportedly on the verge of being struck by corruption investigations targeting the close circle around Zelensky.
So, they fast-tracked a bill defanging the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO, subjecting them to the control of the Presidency via the prosecutor general.
Everyone and their uncle came public to protest, including the European Union and the US.
Watch: Trump once again suggests US military aid funds to Ukraine were stolen.
Trump suspects that Kyiv has misused the funds provided by the Biden administration for arms purchases.
Sure … obviously pic.twitter.com/qh48j31bB5
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) July 24, 2025
Listen to this bit: “Biden gave away $350 billion worth of equipment or cash, worse than equipment, cash. So, we want to find out about that someday, I guess, right? But they were supposed to buy their own equipment, but I have a feeling they didn’t spend every dollar on the equipment, but they are brave.”
And the subservient press also felt free to unleash on the Kiev regime.
Politico reported on the ‘insidious and corrosive adversary from within — the country’s own semi-autocratic leadership’.
“This is what opposition lawmakers and civil society activists have been arguing for months, as Ukraine’s presidential administration has been grabbing more power, weakening other governing and regional institutions — including the country’s parliament — while also intimidating critics in a bid to silence them with hue-and-cry campaigns or by labeling them as Russian stooges.
They say the extent of this democratic backsliding became clearer this week after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gutted Ukraine’s two key anti-corruption agencies, which had been zeroing in on top government officials. The move prompted the first country-wide street protests since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
In Kyiv, hundreds of protesters gathered near the presidential complex while crowds of veterans, active-duty soldiers and civilians gathered in dozens of other towns, including Lviv and the frontline cities of Odesa and Dnipro. Despite the rallies, Zelenskyy approved the new law, which will hand substantial authority over the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) to the politically appointed prosecutor general.”
Several men wearing MILITARY UNIFORMS show up at Kiev protest tonight
They’re holding banners calling Zelensky and his right-hand man Yermak “murderers of democracy” and “traitors to Ukraine”
Another banner says they are ‘destroying the country’ https://t.co/jFKeFDU7QG pic.twitter.com/64qbJFD5wM
— RT (@RT_com) July 24, 2025
Reuters lionized the young protesters against Zelensky:
“Their energy has created a festival-like atmosphere tinged with focused anger outside the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose image as a tireless wartime leader has been tarnished by his moves to curb anti-corruption agencies.
‘I think now that I’m 18, I have a certain responsibility’, Morhun, a native of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk, said late on Wednesday amid the din of a second night of the biggest protests since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.”
“My father didn’t die for this!”
A young Ukrainian protests in Kiev against Zelenskys increasingly despotic Dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/HGkLvtRGgB
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) July 23, 2025
And an opinion piece in The Telegraph calls for Zelensky to resign – something unthinkable even a few weeks ago.
“A new Ukrainian president would mark a reset moment – especially if he or she was ready to protect the rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine, a key demand of the Kremlin’s and, ironically enough, also of the EU.
Zelensky has played an epic role in saving his country from destruction. Now there is a danger of his imitating his corrupt predecessors, and he should step aside, for Ukraine’s sake.”
Finally, it appears that Zelensky has capitulated to the protests and the pressure from the West, and canceled his own anti-corruption reforms.
Slavyangrad reported:
“Bill 13533, presented by Zelensky as urgent, restores all procedural powers and guarantees the independence of NABU and SAP, reports the anti-corruption bureau.
The bill submitted by Zelensky states that the Prosecutor General and his deputies have no right to give instructions to SAP prosecutors. It also says that SAP employees report only to the head of SAP and his deputies.
According to the bill, the Prosecutor General is prohibited from giving instructions to NABU detectives.
[…] All the provisions that were canceled by the bill adopted by the Rada on Tuesday, signed by Zelensky himself, have been restored.”
Read more:
‘Zelensky Is the Devil’: Second Day of Protests Intensify in Ukraine for Independent Anti-Corruption Agencies – Foreign Allies Start to Turn on Kiev Regime’s Leader (VIDEOS)
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