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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said United States President Donald Trump is “surrounded by disinformation” after Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.

“I wish there was more truth,” the Ukrainian leader told journalists at a meeting in Kyiv Wednesday morning. “I hope we can break through that cycle.”

The Ukrainian president also accused the U.S. administration of enabling Russia to emerge from its international isolation. “It got there because of the invasion of Ukraine. But now I see Russia treated as if it is a victim,” he said.

At a press conference Tuesday night, Trump blamed Ukraine for the war with Russia and argued that Kyiv should hold new elections, in his first public remarks following high-level U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh earlier that day.

Trump claimed that Ukraine “should have never started” the war with Russia. He then accused Zelenskyy of being “grossly incompetent” and claimed his approval rating stands at 4 percent.