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Marco Rubio, the secretary of state denied on Monday that the United ⁠States had paused some intelligence sharing with Ukraine, contradicting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Rubio, speaking to reporters during a visit to Uzbekistan on Monday morning, said ⁠intelligence was in fact never interrupted in the first place.

“I don’t know where ​he’s getting these things ‌or why he’s saying these ‌things to the press. You should go back and ask him. There’s ‌been no pause.

“What he should be focused on, and what we want to be focused on, is bringing an end to this war. That’s what he should be focused on.”