Volodymyr Zelenskyj says it was a "normal conversation" held last summer and that he was not pressed, according to the Reuters news agency.
- I do not want to be involved in the US democratic elections. I think we had a good phone call, that was normal, we talked about many things. I think, and it can be read, that nobody pushed me, Zelenskyj said during the joint press conference with Donald Trump.
Later on Wednesday night, Swedish time, Donald Trump also held his own press conference where he referred to the meeting.
"The press asked the president and he said there was no pressure on him," says Donald Trump.
He continues:
- It's a joke. National law for that, when you have a fantastic phone call? says Donald Trump.
He is now clear that the whistleblower's report should also be published - which he also tweeted about shortly before the press conference. This is something the Democrats have been trying to force him to do ever since the first information about the call came out in the media.
This while he now says that the whistle blower, according to him, has only second hand information.
- I have informed them (Republicans in Congress ed. Note) that I am fully transparent in this whistleblower situation. Although it was secondhand information that the whistleblower brought along, says Donald Trump.
At the same time, he continued to accuse Hunter Biden, presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, of corruption in Ukraine.
"I have also insisted on transparency from Joe Biden and his son," says Donald Trump.