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Pavel Polityuk and Oleksandr Kozhukhar

Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends an interview with some of the Russian media via videolink, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 27, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbass region as part of a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, even as another top Ukrainian official accused Russia of aiming to carve the country in two.

Zelenskiy took his message directly to Russian journalists in a video call that the Kremlin pre-emptively warned Russian media not to report, saying any agreement must be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum.

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