IN PICTURES: Ukraine Erupts Again: Anti-Corruption Protests Enter Second Day

Protesters have gathered outside Kyiv's presidential complex for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, opposing the government's passage of a controversial bill that guts the country's anti-corruption agencies.

The nationwide protest swelled on its second day, with the Kyiv crowd spilling from the presidential complex onto neighboring Horodetsky Street – growing three to four times larger than the day before and reaching an estimated 10,000, an unprecedented turnout since the 2014 Euromaidan.

On the second day, protesters from a wider range of age groups joined the movement, compared to the mostly young crowd seen on day one. Their demand remains unchanged: slash Bill 12414, which strips anti-corruption agencies of their independence.

A placard that says, "God, what a shame – a total s**tshow" seen during the protest. Despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement on Wednesday that he would submit a new bill next week to restore the independence of the anti-graft agencies, protesters say they’re not willing to wait.

A protester holding a placard that says "We want to EU, Are you?" Kyiv's European allies have raised concerns over Kyiv's decision to pass the bill, with critics arguing that it could jeopardize Ukraine's bid for EU membership. 

Placards that say (left) "Corruption lives, but the future is dying" and (right) "I am the citizen of the sovereign state, and I feel like a was pranked. No to 12414," the latter a wordplay in Ukrainian.

A placard reading “You don’t hear us” seen at the Kyiv protest. The protest has grown beyond opposition to Bill 12414 to include broader criticism of President Zelensky and his administration.