The scandal of subordination of anti -corruption agencies expensive on Zelenski. What does the most recent survey look
Protest against the law promulgated by President Volodimir Zelenski who concerns anti -corruption bodies. Kiev, Ukraine, July 23, 2025. Photo: Kantorowicz Torres / SIPA Press / Profimedia
The confidence of the Ukrainians in President Volodimir Zelenski fell from 65%, in June, to 58% in early August, the data of a new poll published on Wednesday, August 6, by the International Sociology Institute in Kiev (Kiis).
The survey began on July 23, one day after Zelenski promulgated the controversial law that subordinated the anti -corruption agencies in Ukraine to the Attorney General, notes The Kyiv Independent.
The draft law has sparked mass protests, international criticisms and accusations that President Zelenski government undermines post-European reforms.
In response to the increasing public pressure and warnings from Brussels, Zelenski gave back, promulgating a new law on July 31 that restores the independence of the National Anticorruption Bureau (NABU) and the specialized anti -corruption parquet (SAPO).
Despite this tower, the scandal seems to have strongly affected the president's popularity. The percentage of Ukrainians who do not trust Zelenski increased from 30%, in June, to 35% in August, reducing the general balance from +35% to +23%, according to Kiis.
The Institute noted that the confidence enjoyed by Zelenski remains above the lowest level since the beginning of the war and until now, a level reached in December 2024.
The survey makers asked the respondents who expressed their distrust to explain the reasons. The most common answers were dissatisfaction with corruption, mainly for systemic corruption, rather than the accusations that personally concern Zelenski.
About 6% blamed the decision directly on July 22 to lose confidence in the president.
The support for the Ukrainian leader increased for a short time, to 74%, in May, after Ukraine signed the agreement on the essential minerals with the United States, considered a diplomatic victory, but this sympathy has disappeared quickly.
The Kiis survey was conducted between July 23 and August 4, through telephone interviews with 1,022 adults from Kiev controlled territories.
The new anti-corruption law, adopted with unanimous support in a rare parliamentary session, transmitted live, has officially entered into force on August 1.
It repealed the law promulgated just nine days before, about which critics said they place Nabu and Sapo under political control.
Both institutions were created in a larger program of reforms after the Euromaidan Revolution of 2014 and are essential conditions for continuing support for Ukraine from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
