Overview
- Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted to remove Ruslan Kravchenko and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree formalizing the dismissal on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
- Kravchenko had submitted his resignation on Sept. 7 and on Sept. 14 released a notice of suspicion and case materials accusing NABU director Semen Kryvonos, a move the Prosecutor General’s Office later said was not lawfully recorded.
- NABU and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office say Kravchenko’s publications are a deliberate attack on their independence and they continue to pursue Operation 'Carthage', the probe into a network that allegedly protected fraudulent call centres.
- Kravchenko left Ukraine after posting the case materials and told partners he would brief them about anti‑corruption bodies, while PACE organisers said he would not attend the Paris event he cited as his reason for travel.
- The European Commission has reiterated that independent anti‑corruption institutions are central to Ukraine’s EU accession pathway and officials warn the episode could harm Kyiv’s reform credibility and international support.