BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian official has rejected calls for autonomy for ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, suggesting this would undermine the unity of the former Soviet republic.
Ukraine is already threatened by fragmentation due to a separatist revolt by Russian speakers in the country's east that erupted after protesters toppled Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovich in February.
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