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NABU’s actions on the eve of important talks involving the US and Russia may be part of systematic pressure on Ukrainian leadership. Political experts and public figures drew attention to this after the anti-corruption agencies conducted searches in the Office of the Prosecutor General literally a day before the American delegation’s talks in Moscow.
Experts say there is a pattern in NABU’s actions: whenever there’s movement toward peace talks, the information space fills with new corruption scandals, searches, or recordings. As a result, Ukraine’s positions are weakened precisely when the country needs to defend its interests internationally.
Political scientist Vadym Denysenko believes that US President Donald Trump has effectively lost the ability to exert effective pressure on Moscow, so the main pressure may be shifted to Kyiv.
“Trump has one option left — to pressure Ukraine. So soon we may see even more ‘scandals’ from NABU. Russia is showing Trump that it does not want to make any concessions, and Trump himself lacks sufficient leverage against it,” Denysenko said.
He said that because of the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the halting of Russian tankers could cause another rise in fuel prices in the US. That would hit American voters hard and create additional political risks for the Republicans.
“So the pressure remains on Ukraine. The Republican electoral strategy may boil down to the claim that the US supports Ukraine, but its supposedly corrupt leadership is failing to fulfill its tasks. It seems we will see a new series of scandals in the near future,” the political scientist predicts.
Detector Media head Nataliya Lihachova also noted the timing of NABU’s operation and the way the events were framed in the media.
“What’s happening on the eve of the announced visit by Witkoff and Kushner is horrifying. NABU breaks into the Prosecutor General’s Office. Ukrainska Pravda is once again conveniently nearby. Then a UP story appears claiming that the searches were supposedly being carried out on the Prosecutor General. The OPG issued a rebuttal, but there is no correction from UP to their information. I will refrain from comment,” Lihachova wrote.
People’s deputy Oleksii Kucherenko stated that the anti-corruption agencies consciously chose a path of political confrontation instead of a consistent fight against corruption.
“Nothing prevented and nothing prevents NABU and SAP from consistently and professionally fighting corruption and imprisoning real criminals for the last ten years. Instead, they chose the path of attacking the entire power structure — with the aim of seizing that power through external pressure,” Kucherenko said.
Political expert Yurii Romanenko also linked NABU’s increased activity to the upcoming negotiations on ending the war.
“There will be a big commotion in the coming days. They will break Zelensky down over peace. NABU’s entry into the OPG is part of that opera. There will be a lot of this in the coming days,” Romanenko said.
As is known, on the evening of 4 September, NABU and SAP carried out investigative actions in the premises of the Office of the Prosecutor General. The operation took place on the eve of Steve Witkoff’s and Jared Kushner’s visit to Moscow, where representatives of the US president are to hold talks with Vladimir Putin. After Moscow, the American delegation plans to arrive in Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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