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The president of Ukraine is saying that the U.S. shouldn’t block its aid as an ally, but he never spoke with President Trump about a “quid pro quo” deal to conduct investigations.

“We’re at war. If you’re our strategic partner, then you can’t go blocking anything for us,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with several news outlets. “I think that’s just about fairness. It’s not about a quid pro quo. It just goes without saying.”

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