Ukrainian analysts have told Newsweek the move undoes a decade of democratic progress, although its president Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he backed a new draft law aimed at strengthening the independence the anti-corruption institutions. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian president's office and the Kremlin for comment.

Kyiv sets deadline for Putin-Zelensky summit after peace talks fail to stop bombing - Russia and Ukraine discuss further prisoner swaps at brief session of peace talks in Istanbul