2025 anti-corruption protests in Ukraine
| 2025 anti-corruption protests | |||
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| Part of 2025 in the Russian invasion of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War | |||
Protests in Kyiv, 23 July 2025 | |||
| Date | 22 July – 31 July 2025 (9 days) | ||
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| Caused by | Adoption of Bill No. 12414, which removed the independence of anti-corruption agencies | ||
| Goals | Repealing the law | ||
| Methods | Protests, online activism | ||
| Resulted in | Agencies' independence restored | ||
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From 22 July 2025, Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro and other cities to protest the passing of a bill that aimed to "effectively destroy" the power of two of Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies. These were the first anti-government demonstrations since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event became known as Cardboard protests (Ukrainian: Картонкові протести), Cardboard meetings (Ukrainian: Картонкові мітинги) or Cardboard Maidan (Ukrainian: Картонковий майдан) due to the use of handmade posters by their participants.
On 31 July 2025, parliament passed a new bill that restored the agencies' independence.