Ukraine ready to discuss adopting neutral status in Russia peace deal - Zelenskiy


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  • Monday, 28 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the participants of the Doha Forum via videolink as Russias attack on Ukraine continues in Kyiv Ukraine March 26 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press ServiceHandout via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the participants of the Doha Forum via videolink, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 26, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia but such a pact would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks aired on Sunday.

Zelenskiy was speaking to Russian journalists in a 90 minute video call, an interview that Moscow authorities had pre-emptively warned Russian media to refrain from reporting. Zelenskiy spoke in Russian throughout, as he has done in previous speeches when targeting a Russian audience.

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