Politics

The Law Enforcement Committee of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted to include amendments in bill No. 12414, set for its second reading, that would place the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) under the authority of the Prosecutor General, according to MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Anastasiya Radina, and Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has requested a phone call with U.S. officials to address reports of suspended defense aid shipments, according to its Facebook post.