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"For five years, the descendants of the glorious victors over Nazism have defended with arms the freedom of the Ukrainian people and their civilization choice from Russian aggression," Poroshenko said in a statement.
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After Poroshenko said he would be willing to debate the comic, Zelenskiy raised the stakes by calling for the debate to be held in the Kiev sports stadium that is the country's largest and saying that both candidates should be tested for drugs and alcohol.
