On 22 July 2025, thousands of Ukrainians packed Kyiv’s Independence Square in a spontaneous night-time protest, waving signs that read “ВЕТО” ("Veto") in defiance of a law that neuters the nation’s anti-corruption watchdogs. President Zelensky signed the bill hours after parliament rammed it through—igniting the first wartime mass protest since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The crowd wasn’t anti-Ukraine—it was pro-accountability, proof that the Maidan spirit still burns.

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