Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing backlash over a bill he signed Tuesday night, which activists say weakens the country's anti-corruption watchdog agencies. Protests broke out in Kyiv on Wednesday over the legislation.

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Russian forces have invaded Ukraine from land, air and sea with strikes causing widespread damage. Global leaders have condemned the move and imposed sanctions.

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Ukraine has seen its first major anti-government demonstrations since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, following President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's signing of a controversial bill. The legislation, which was fast-tracked through parliament, gives Ukraine's prosecutor more control over two previously independent anti-corruption agencies. 

Critics argue the bill undermines the agencies' independence and may be politically motivated. The European Union has expressed concern, calling the move a setback for Ukraine's EU membership aspirations. Meanwhile, peace talks between Ukraine and Russia remain uncertain, with little expectation of significant progress.

Ukrainians react after Zelenskyy signs controversial bill

Now to developments out of Ukraine, the country is seeing its first major anti-government demonstrations since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Now these protests started after lawmakers in Kyiv approved a bill that critics say weakens the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies. For more on this, let's speak now with CBS News foreign correspondent, Rami Innocencio. Rami, what more do we know about these amendments and this visceral reaction in Ukraine? Errol, yes, good morning. Absolutely visceral here. Protests of outrage that we're seeing have popped up across Ukraine, from Kyiv, the capital, to Lviv in the west, Dnipro in the east, and Odessa in the south. Thousands of people have been demanding that Volodymyr Zelensky veto that law, but now we know that he did, in fact, sign it. He signed it quietly last night, and after it had been fast-tracked, in fact, through Parliament via Rada. Now this means that Ukraine's equivalent of its attorney general, they call the prosecutor, has more control over not one, but two anti-corruption agencies, and these really are agencies, you gotta understand, are historically fiercely independent and regardless of political party. For example, just back in April, there was one former politician from Zelensky's administration who was charged with money laundering and also with accepting a bribe, excuse me. Some critics allege that this bill, though, is political retribution. The EU is also watching. The bloc's commissioner, who's in charge of the expansion of this bloc, and reminder, Ukraine does wanna join the EU, said that it was a serious step back. They said that it's important because fighting corruption is crucial for Ukraine to join that bloc. Well, we're expecting Ukraine and Russia to hold another round of peace talks in Turkey this week. Where does all that stand? Right, don't hold your breath, apparently, Errol. Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said that talks were scheduled for today. We are still waiting for confirmation on whether those talks will actually happen. Yesterday, the Kremlin did pour cold water on any expectations if those talks happen. That came from Dmitry Peskov. He's a spokesperson, saying that Moscow did not expect, his words, a miraculous breakthrough, and that the two sides were basically opposed to each other. We know Russia wants Ukraine to give up territory that Russia controls, and wants Ukraine to give up its ambitions for the EU and for NATO, as we just talked about, and then also wants Ukraine to downsize its military. But we're seeing that if there's any movement, it might be in the area of prisoner or hostage swaps. Over the past two months, for example, both sides just swapped more than 1,000 prisoners, so we might see, potentially, some movement if talks do go ahead. All right, we'll watch that closely. Remy.

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