Ukraine’s Zelenskyy ready to discuss neutral status as part of peace deal with Russia
Latest updates as of 10:18 p.m. on Sunday: 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 Zelenskyy said in remarks aired on Sunday.
Zelenskyy 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.
Zelenskyy spoke in Russian throughout, as he has done in previous speeches when targeting a Russian audience. Read more: Canadians must confront ‘very high’ cost of conflict with Russia: UN ambassador Zelenskyy said Russia’s invasion had caused the destruction of Russian-speaking cities in Ukraine, and said the damage was worse than the Russian wars in Chechnya. “Security guarantees and neutrality, non-nuclear status of our state.
We are ready to go for it. This is the most important point,” Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy said Ukraine refused to discuss certain other Russian demands, such as the demilitarization of the country.
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