Complex sentence: Those polled in southern and eastern Ukraine were generally split on the legitimacy of the present government and parliament, but a majority in all regions agreed that deposed president Viktor Yanukovych was not the legal president of the country.
Split into simpler sentences: Those polled in southern and eastern Ukraine were generally split on the legitimacy of the present government and parliament. However, the majority in all regions agreed that deposed president Viktor Yanukovych was not the legal president of the country.