乌克兰总统沃洛迪米尔·泽兰斯基否认与唐纳德·特朗普总统有交换条件，他说时间美国向他的国家提供军事援助的问题是关于“公平”的
“如果你是我们的战略合作伙伴，那么你就不能为我们阻挡任何事情，”泽伦斯基说时间。“这是不言而喻的。”
就职数月后，在民主党对特朗普发起弹劾调查后，名人出身的政治家泽兰斯基成为美国政坛的焦点。调查的中心是美国总统是否拒绝向乌克兰提供军事援助，以换取泽伦斯基宣布对前副总统乔拜登和他的儿子亨特进行调查。
Zelenskiy告诉记者，美国的军事援助时间，鉴于目前与俄罗斯的战争，这是“非常重要的”，但他补充说，他不会以交换条件的方式与特朗普交谈。他说这不是他的“事”，他不想乌克兰看起来像“乞丐”
Zelenskiy和特朗普7月份的通话记录显示，美国总统要求乌克兰总统“调查”拜登阻止时任乌克兰检察长维克多·肖金调查Burisma公司的指控，亨特曾在该公司担任董事会成员。特朗普否认自己做了任何不正当的事情，10月份在推特上发帖称他有义务阻止腐败。
“这与政治或反对拜登的政治运动无关。这确实与他们的腐败有关!”特朗普在推特上写道。
作为总统，我有义务结束腐败，即使这意味着请求一个或多个外国的帮助。一直都是这样。这与政治或反对拜登的政治运动无关。这确实与他们的腐败有关!
——唐纳德·特朗普2019年10月4日
Zelenskiy承认时间乌克兰政府部门“腐败多年”，但官员们表示正在努力根除腐败。因为美国是世界其他地方的“信号”，乌克兰总统说特朗普称该国腐败，告诉投资者、银行、利益相关者和公司，他们应该“小心”，而不是投资或“离开”乌克兰。
“在我和他的会面中，我说我不希望我们的国家有这样的形象，”泽伦斯基说。“为此，他所要做的就是来看看发生了什么，我们如何生活，我们是什么样的人。”
现任和前任特朗普官员11月在众议院情报委员会作证，提供了他们对幕后发生的事情的见解。戈登·桑德兰大使在开幕词中对是否有交换条件的问题做出了肯定的回答，民主党议员认为这是一种谴责。
后来在证词中，桑德兰转述了他和总统之间的一次对话，当时特朗普说他不想要交换条件。特朗普在11月20日告诉记者，这段证词证明调查“已经结束”
“我什么都不想要。我不想要任何回报。告诉泽兰斯基做正确的事，”特朗普引用桑德兰关于电话的证词说。
新闻周刊我联系了白宫和乌克兰总统办公室，但没有及时收到发表的回复。
泽兰斯基定于12月9日与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京举行第一轮和谈。乌克兰总统承认美国总统也有普京的耳朵。
Zelenskiy告诉我时间特朗普有能力直接与普京对话，但他表示，他不希望自己的国家被用作棋子，让美国或俄罗斯受益。然而，乌克兰总统表示，欢迎两国就结束战争和乌克兰经历的变化进行对话。
“如果这是一个类似于‘看，让我们停下来’的对话。乌克兰现在不同了。乌克兰想要阻止它。没有激进主义。在那个国家没有人杀人和吃人。你自己看吧。来吧。然后全世界都会支持乌克兰，美国是这一切发生的关键之一时间。
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY BREAKS SILENCE ON TRUMP: 'IF YOU'RE OUR STRATEGIC PARTNER, THEN YOU CAN'T GO BLOCKING ANYTHING FOR US'
ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied there was a quid pro quo with President Donald Trump, tellingTimethe issue of the United States providing his country with military aid was about "fairness."
"If you're our strategic partner, then you can't go blocking anything for us," Zelenskiy toldTime. "It just goes without saying."
Months after taking office, Zelenskiy, a celebrity-turned-politician, became the focus of American politics after Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against Trump. At the center of the inquiry is whether the U.S. president withheld military aid from Ukraine in exchange for Zelenskiy announcing an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
Military aid from the U.S., Zelenskiy toldTime,was "very important" given the current war with Russia, but he added that he didn't talk to Trump from the position of a quid pro quo. He said it wasn't his "thing" and that he didn't want Ukraine to look like "beggars."
A transcript of a July call between Zelenskiy and Trump showed the American president asking his Ukranian counterpart to "look into" claims that Biden stopped then-Ukranian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin from investigating Burisma, a company where Hunter served as a board member. Trump denied claims he did anything improper, posting on Twitter in October that he had an obligation to stop corruption.
"This has NOTHING to do with politics or a political campaign against the Bidens. This does have to do with their corruption!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
As President I have an obligation to end CORRUPTION, even if that means requesting the help of a foreign country or countries. It is done all the time. This has NOTHING to do with politics or a political campaign against the Bidens. This does have to do with their corruption!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)October 4, 2019
Zelenskiy admitted toTimethat Ukraine's government branches were "corrupted over many years" but said officials were working to eradicate it. Because the United States is a "signal" to the rest of the world, the Ukranian president said Trump calling the country corrupt tells investors, banks, stakeholders and companies that they should "be careful," not invest or "get out" of Ukraine.
"During my meeting with him, I said that I don't want our country to have this image," Zelenskiy said. "For that, all he has to do is come and have a look at what's happening, how we live, what kinds of people we are."
Current and former Trump officials testified before the House Intelligence Committee in November, offering their insight into what transpired behind the scenes. During his opening statement, Ambassador Gordon Sondland responded affirmatively to the question of whether there was a quid pro quo, a comment Democrat lawmakers considered damning.
Later in the testimony, Sondland relayed a conversation between himself and the president, at which point, Trump said he didn't want a quid pro quo. This segment of the testimony, Trump told reporters on November 20, proved the inquiry was "all over."
"I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zelenskiy to do the right thing," Trump said, citing Sondland's testimony about the call.
Newsweekreached out to the White House and Ukranian President's office but did not receive responses in time for publication.
Zelenskiy is scheduled to sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 9 for what is expected to be the first round of peace talks. The Ukranian president acknowledged that the American president also has Putin's ear.
Zelenskiy toldTimeTrump has the ability to speak directly to Putin but said he didn't want his country used as a chess piece to benefit the U.S. or Russia. However, a conversation between the two countries about ending the war and changes Ukraine has undergone would be welcomed, the Ukranian president said.
"If it's a conversation along the lines of, 'Look, let's make this stop. Ukraine is different now. Ukraine wants to stop it. There is no radicalism. No one is killing and eating anyone in that country. See for yourself. Come on.' Then the whole world would support Ukraine, and America is one of the keys to this happening," Zelenskiy toldTime.
