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Newsday: 29/03/2022 04:06 GMT : Ukraine peace talks expected today

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29/03/2022 04:06 GMT : Ukraine peace talks expected today

Ukraine peace talks expected today

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Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of any peace deal

Ukraine's president has said his government is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia.

Ukrainian and Russian officials are to meet in Turkey for the two countries' first bilateral talks in two weeks, but both sides are playing down chances of a breakthrough. Ukraine claims around 5,000 people have been killed in Mariupol alone, and relatively few have fled via humanitarian corridors. Ukraine says it's the fault of Russian troops bombarding evacuation routes. 

However, there have been reports of people being taken out to Russian controlled territory. We'll hear more from an adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, about these reports. 
 
As the French elections draw closer, we'll head to a village where many of the major campaign themes are hot topics of debate. 

And we'll hear about an upsurge in fighting in the north of Mali, which has reportedly caused hundreds of deaths.

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