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.

A law curbing the independence of anti-graft agencies triggered the first street protests of the war and rare rebukes from European allies.

Vasily Astrov, expert on the Russian economy at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, told Newsweek that "inflation has really subsided markedly over the past few months. The outcome of this policy has been a marked cooling of domestic demand, with the welcome side effect of rapid disinflation.

The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorizing the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Trump has changed his mind about sending weapons to Ukraine.

Kyiv said the French fighter, one of six in its air force, was performing a flight mission but was not shot down by Russian fire.

The move, which the president said was aimed at rooting out Russian spies, has sparked condemnation from the EU and G7 members, and the biggest protests in Kyiv since the war with Russia began. EU economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis,