Mar 22, 2022: According to a report by Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said any compromises agreed with Russia to end the war would need to be voted on by Ukrainians in a referendum.
In an interview published by Ukrainian public broadcasting company Suspilne, Zelenskyy said, “The people will have to speak up and respond to this or that form of compromise. And what they (the compromises) will be is the subject of our talks and understanding between Ukraine and Russia,”
“We have an ultimatum with points in it. ‘Follow it and then we will end the war’,”
“Ukraine cannot fulfil the ultimatum.”
Issues that could be raised in any referendum could concern territories occupied by Russian forces, including Crimea, or security guarantees offered to Ukraine by countries in lieu of NATO membership, he said.
Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine would never bow to ultimatums from Russia and cities such as Kyiv, Mariupol or Kharkiv would not accept Russian occupation.
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