Ukraine conflict: Anger as Zelensky agrees vote deal in east

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Ukraine conflict: Anger as Zelensky agrees vote deal in east


Nationalists accused the president of capitulating to Russia, in a protest outside his office

Hundreds of Ukrainians have protested after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had backed an agreement that would bring elections to territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists.

He promised no elections would be held "under the barrel of a gun" and they would have to take place according to international standards.

The vote is part of a plan for special status in the separatist-held east.

Nationalists rallied in Kiev with banners demanding "no capitulation".

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