Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has more than just Moscow’s hardball demands in Turkey to worry about.

The move to curb anti-corruption agencies risked "endangering the values of freedom, democracy in our country and the future of our children," one Ukrainian told NBC News.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pledged to submit a draft law to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) that will "empower the law enforcement system" and preserve "all provisions necessary for the independence of anti-corruption institutions".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his call for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end their ongoing war.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the Ukrainian delegation will insist on the need for an immediate and full ceasefire during the negotiations in Istanbul on 23 July. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Details: Zelenskyy reiterated that more than 220,