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Politico (30 July 2025)

Yurii Stasiuk

The European Commission on Wednesday joined a chorus of voices publicly urging Kyiv to appoint the head of a key law enforcement watchdog — but even a bald reminder of its “reform commitments” didn’t appear to move Ukraine’s government.

Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, a veteran anti-corruption detective, was selected on June 24 by an independent commission to lead Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau, which probes economic crimes. But two successive government cabinets in Kyiv have refused to confirm his appointment, despite Ukraine’s pledges to both the EU and the International Monetary Fund to comply.

Kyiv should swiftly appoint Tsyvinskyi as bureau chief in line with the law, a European Commission spokesperson said in a statement to POLITICO, noting that reform of the agency is “part of Ukraine’s broader reform commitments under the EU accession process.”

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