Ukraine anti-corruption agency tries to raid parliament

Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said security services were preventing officers from raiding the parliament on Saturday, as the investigators said some MPs were implicated in new graft probe.

"NABU and SAPO, following an undercover operation, exposed an organised criminal group that included current members of parliament," the National Anti-Corruption bureau (NABU) said.

"Employees of the State Security Department are resisting NABU officers during investigative actions in committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine," it added, referring to Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.