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Mykolaiv residents held a protest for the second time in support of NABU and SAPO

News of Mykolaiv
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Alona Kokhanchuk
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21:23, 23 July, 2025

On the evening of 23 July, a rally in support of the NABU and the SAPO and against the scandalous law No. 12414 was held in the centre of Mykolaiv on Soborna Street.

According to the correspondent of «NikVesti», more than 100 people took part in the rally.

The participants marched in a column from Central Avenue to Soborna Square with placards in support of the anti-corruption bodies. Participants chanted «Hands off NABU» and sang the Ukrainian anthem.

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This was the second such action in Mykolaiv. On the morning of 23 July, residents of Mykolaiv also protested. The protesters gathered on Soborna Street, the main street of Mykolaiv, with flags of the Right Sector and posters.

Similar rallies in support of anti-corruption bodies are currently taking place in other cities of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Chernivtsi, Kropyvnytskyi and Ternopil.

Rally over the Rada's decision on NABU and SAPO in Mykolaiv, 23 July 2025, photo: Yurii Koshkovskyi

Mykolaiv residents gathered for the second time to rally in support of NABU and SAPO. Photo: "NikVesti"

Residents of Mykolaiv gathered for the second time to rally in support of the NABU and the SAPO. Photo: "NikVesti"

Residents of Mykolaiv gathered for the second time to rally in support of NABU and SAPO. Photo: "NikVesti"

Late in the evening of 22 July, it became known that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had signed Law 12414, which allows the Prosecutor General to control the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO.

This decision caused massive outrage among the people. After the Verkhovna Rada voted for the law, protests were held in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro and Sumy, demanding that it be vetoed. On 23 July, residents of Mykolaiv came out to protest.

Searches of NABU and SAPO offices

On 21 July, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office began conducting searches of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau in several regions of Ukraine. As explained, the investigative actions were part of a special operation to neutralise Russian influence on the NABU. They noted that the suspicions relate, among other things, to high treason, illegal trade with Russia and corrupt actions in the interests of oligarchs.

Later, the SBU detained Ruslan Magamedrasulov, one of the heads of the NABU's interregional detective department. He is suspected of doing business with Russia and aiding the aggressor state.

Responding to this, the NABU called the searches unreasonable and likely to harm the investigation. In most cases, according to the anti-corruption agency, investigative actions were carried out without court orders. The security forces cited, among other things, the involvement of some NABU employees in road accidents as grounds. The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office also reported a similar inspection. They stressed that such visits contradicted established legal procedures.

According to the prosecutor's office, during the inspection, SBU officers gained access to information about all covert and operational activities carried out by the SAPO and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. This happened when the leadership of both institutions was on a business trip abroad.

Later, it became known that the State Bureau of Investigation had served three employees of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine with suspicion notices in connection with their involvement in road accidents that resulted in injuries.

Following the NABU's accusations, the Security Service of Ukraine stated that it did not have access to covert investigations conducted by the NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. This accusation was called groundless and manipulative by «» . The Security Service of Ukraine also detained an employee of the closed unit of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine «D-2», who is suspected of working for the FSB.

The next day, on 22 July, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement supported amendments to the CPC that could make the NABU and the SAPO dependent on the decisions of the Prosecutor General. It was supported by 263 MPs at the Rada meeting.

This decision was also supported by all MPs from Mykolaiv.

Mykolaiv residents held a protest for the second time in support of NABU and SAPO

Searches of NABU and SAPO offices

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