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Ukrainian President Says ‘No Blackmail’ in Trump Call


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was “no blackmail” in his July phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry by the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives.Zelenskiy told reporters he was unaware at the time of the call that Trump had moved to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.Trump says he made that decision to push Ukraine to tackle corruption. Democrats accuse the U.S. leader of freezing the aid to pressure Zelenskiy’s administration into investigating Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.Zelenskiy …read more

Source:: Voice of America

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