Large-scale Ukrainian protests manifest as Zelensky Regime targets anti-corruption bodies
BBC (23/07/25): Protests in Ukraine as Zelensky signs bill targeting anti-corruption bodies:
“President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill that critics say weakens the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies, sparking protests in several cities and drawing international criticism.
The new law grants the prosecutor general control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sap), and critics say it undermines their authority.
In an address on Wednesday, Zelensky said both agencies would still "work" but needed to be cleared of "Russian influence"…
"We chose Europe, not autocracy," said a poster held by one demonstrator. "My father did not die for this," said another…”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w19pl84r8o
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/autocracy
https://twitter.com/ainsley100/status/1947907628140535923
AP News (2023): Ukraine’s president rules out holding elections next spring and calls for unity in fighting Russia:
Zelenskyy:
“Now, in wartime, when there are so many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections into society...
We must realize that now is the time of defense, the time of the battle that determines the fate of the state and people, not the time of manipulations..."
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-birthday-grenade-b1b82e4f84eb5a39286d1500cf49fcd1
European Parliament (2023): EU-Ukraine summit: criminalisation of political activists and outlawing of opposition parties in Ukraine:
"Various human rights organisations have condemned the increasing political persecution taking place in Ukraine.
In addition to Zelenskyy’s government outlawing all opposition parties, the criminalisation and persecution of citizens on ideological grounds is also intensifying..."
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-000169_EN.html
The Atlantic Council (2021): UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s frontline democracy:
"...it is clear that the country has emerged from the authoritarian past and made the historic transition to democracy..."
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (2021):
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rode to power on pledges to clean up the Eastern European country, but the Pandora Papers reveal he and his close circle were the beneficiaries of a network of offshore companies, including some that owned expensive London property..."
https://twitter.com/DexterBB2/status/1947816524472811687
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/04/welcome-to-the-most-corrupt-nation-in-europe-ukraine
Logic: Welcome To Forever:
“This is real life (Yeah, yeah), everything we do is legendary (Yeah, yeah)
And we gon' do it 'til the day we in the cemetery
Real life, it feel like I'm dreamin'
Used to feel like I was nothin', now my life has meanin'…
Throw your hands in the air, I stand behind mine
Everything I seen made me everything I am (Check it out), you real with me? (Oh, ooh)
Stand behind mine (Yeah, yeah)
Everything I do, I'm a man behind mine
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh
Said welcome to forever...”
Music video used for transformative purposes
https://iq2qq.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/zelensky-challenges-putin-to-meet-him-despite-his-own-decree-ruling-out-such-a-prospect/
https://iq2qq.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/why-ukraine-joining-nato-is-outrageously-stupid-for-peace-risks-ww3-and-harms-everyone/