NABU’s work is again thwarted by the ‘powers that be’.
We have been following the Ukrainian shadow civil war involving the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO, and members of the security apparatus that remain faithful to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Back in July, Zelensky tried to defang NABU, and faced massive protests against him.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians protest in multiple cities against #Zelensky who has signed a bill disbanding anti-corruption bodies within #Ukraine . He says it’s to fight Russian influence but Ukrainians are not buying that and calling him a tyrant. Limited cover from MSM. pic.twitter.com/NgMl2oMKqn
— TheIrishWatchdog (@WatchdogTh96012) July 24, 2025
THE DAY AFTER: Zelensky Arrests Anti-corruption Officials, Signs Law Stripping Agencies of Power – Protesters Flood the Streets, and Ukraine Will Never Be the Same (VIDEOS)
The internal protests and the reaction by foreign sponsors of the Kiev regime made Zelensky backtrack – and while the Anti-Corruption agencies are weakened, they did manage to strike out Zelensky’s right-hand man, chief of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.
NEW: Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Raids the Home of Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Second Most Powerful Man in Zelensky’s Regime.
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Agency ‘Exposes Organised Crime Group Involving Sitting MPs’
The group took ‘bribes for votes’ in Ukraine’s Parliament, NABU said in a statement – with more details to follow. pic.twitter.com/ax9xJBJwLo
— RT_India (@RT_India_news) December 27, 2025
But today (27), it arises that agents with the Ukraine anti-corruption agency were blocked during investigation into MPs bribery scheme.
Politico Reported:
“Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said on Saturday that state security officers had obstructed its detectives during investigative actions linked to a corruption probe involving sitting members of parliament.
In a statement published on its official Telegram channel, NABU said that ‘employees of the State Protection Directorate are resisting NABU detectives during investigative actions’, adding that ‘access for detectives is being restricted’. The bureau stressed that ‘obstructing investigative actions is a direct violation of the law’.”
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reports that its employees were prevented from conducting investigative actions in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada Transport Committee.
According to the agency, detectives were blocked by officers of the State Guard of Ukraine, who… pic.twitter.com/bm6KlvBirI
— Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) December 27, 2025
“NABU said its detectives were acting within the framework of an ongoing criminal investigation overseen by the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP). It did not specify which officials ordered the restrictions or how long the obstruction lasted.
The incident comes as Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies widened a probe into an alleged bribery scheme involving members of the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament.”
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A HOUSE DIVIDED: Ukrainian Intelligence Agency SBU Again in Open Conflict Against Anti-corruption Bureau NABU, Repeating Clash That Led to Massive Street Protests
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