Kyiv, July 25 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday announced a new bill aimed at restoring the independence of the country's anti-corruption agencies, following widespread protests at home and mounting criticism from Western allies, RT reported.

The announcement came just two days after Zelensky signed a controversial law allowing the Prosecutor General's Office to intervene in the operations of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), RT stated. That move followed a law enforcement raid on NABU's offices and the arrest of a senior employee accused of spying for Russia.

Zelensky claimed the new legislation provides "full-fledged guarantees of the independ...