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NABU’s actions on the eve of important talks involving the US and Russia may be part of systemic pressure on Ukraine’s leadership. Political experts and public figures pointed this out after 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 a pattern is evident in NABU’s actions: as soon as there is movement toward peace negotiations, the information space fills with new corruption scandals, searches, or leaked recordings. As a result, Ukraine’s positions are weakened precisely at the moment when the country needs to defend its interests on the international stage.
Political scientist Vadym Denysenko believes that US President Donald Trump has effectively lost the ability to pressure Moscow effectively, so the main pressure may be shifted onto Kyiv.
"Trump has one option left — to put pressure on Ukraine. So we may soon see even more ‘scandals’ from NABU. Russia is showing Trump that it won’t make any concessions, and Trump himself doesn’t have enough leverage against it," Denysenko said.
He said that because of the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stopping 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 on Ukraine remains. The Republican electoral strategy may come down to the claim that the US supports Ukraine, but its supposedly corrupt leadership is failing to do its job. It seems we will see a new series of scandals in the near future," the political scientist predicts.
Natalia Liagachova, head of Detector Media, also drew attention to the timing of NABU’s operation and the media coverage surrounding the events.
"What’s happening on the eve of the announced visit of Witkoff and Kushner is horrifying. NABU sneaks into the Prosecutor General’s Office. Ukrainska Pravda is again conveniently nearby. Then a UP story appears claiming the searches were allegedly being conducted at the prosecutor general’s office. There is a denial from the OPG, but there is no retraction from UP of their information. I will refrain from comment," Liagachova wrote.
People’s deputy Oleksii Kucherenko said that the anti-corruption agencies consciously chose the path of political confrontation instead of a consistent fight against corruption.
"Nothing prevented and nothing prevents NABU and SAP over the past ten years from consistently and professionally fighting corruption and putting real criminals behind bars. However, the path chosen was an attack on the entire structure of power — with the aim of seizing that power through external pressure," Kucherenko said.
Political expert Yuriy Romanenko also linked NABU’s intensified activity to the upcoming negotiations on ending the war.
"In the coming days there will be a big fuss. They will try to break Zelensky into agreeing to peace. NABU’s entry into the OPG is from that playbook. There will be a lot of this in the next few days," Romanenko said.
As is known, on the evening of 4 September, NABU and SAP conducted investigative actions in the premises of the Office of the Prosecutor General. The operation took place on the eve of the visit of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner 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 for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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