According to the article, the EU announced on July 25 it would withhold €1.5 billion from a €4.5 billion tranche of aid. Access to the funds is tied to governance benchmarks and cannot be used for military purchases.

The $1.7 billion reduction capped a tough week for President Volodymyr Zelensky as he deals with Ukraine’s governance issues.

Interventionists position U.S. support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "fight for democracy" against Vladimir Putin's autocracy.

In an interview with RFE/RL, the head of one of the anti-corruption agencies at the heart of an uproar that has shaken Ukraine urged the swift passage of a bill to restore their autonomy and said he is bracing for further pressure from opponents of efforts to fight graft.

The European Union is freezing $1.7 billion in aid to Ukraine because President Volodymyr Zelensky approved a bill curbing the war-torn nation’s top anti-corruption agencies.

President Zelensky held separate phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on July 27, discussing anti-corruption, defense, and EU integration.

This month, the Ukrainian government made an unusual choice for its new prime minister. In a rare move for the country—and indeed for most of Eastern Europe—it picked a woman. Yulia Svyrydenko, a 39-year-old selected by President Volodymyr Zelensky and approved by Parliament,