From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / July 23, 2025
As Ukraine’s parliament destroys a decade of reforms with 263 votes, Moscow’s troops infiltrate the strategic city while children build tomorrow’s terror drones and Pope Leo plans Vatican diplomacy with Putin’s church
Summary of the Day – July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025 will be remembered as the day Ukrainian democracy took its darkest turn since the EuroMaidan Revolution, as President Volodymyr Zelensky signed legislation effectively destroying the independence of the nation’s key anti-corruption institutions. The law, passed with 263 parliamentary votes amid nationwide protests, grants sweeping powers to the prosecutor general over NABU and SAPO—agencies created specifically to investigate high-level corruption without political interference. Meanwhile, Russian sabotage groups breached the strategic city of Pokrovsk as Moscow’s forces continue their eastern offensive, while revelations emerged of Russian children being systematically recruited into drone development programs. As Washington expresses backing for tomorrow’s Istanbul peace talks, the convergence of institutional collapse and battlefield setbacks presents Ukraine with its gravest crisis since the war began.
The Coup in Parliament: 263 Votes to Kill Reform
In a legislative blitz that lasted mere hours, Ukraine’s parliament passed and President Zelensky signed the most destructive anti-corruption legislation since Viktor Yanukovych’s era. The bill grants the prosecutor general—a presidential appointee—unprecedented authority to reassign NABU cases, issue binding instructions to investigators, and unilaterally close investigations targeting top officials.
The legislation moved with unprecedented speed: amendments were added to an unrelated bill, cleared by committee, passed by parliament, signed by Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, and enacted by Zelensky—all within a single day. Opposition lawmakers reported receiving the bill’s text just 15 minutes before the vote.
“What happened today in the parliamentary hall was shocking,” declared Inna Sovsun of the Holos party. “The draft law was pushed through despite clear procedural violations… It felt like a coven.”
Voice of Ukraine 