Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged national unity as demonstrators took to the streets of more than a dozen cities nationwide.

Opponents of a new law they say strips Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs of their independence called for a third straight day of street protests across the country Thursday, despite President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attempts to defuse the tension with promises of legislative safeguards.

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