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‘You should have never started it’: Trump suggests Ukraine to blame for war

US President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the United States, on February 18, 2025 [Roberto Schmidt/AFP]

United States President Donald Trump has said he will “probably” meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month while launching a broadside effectively accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being to blame for Moscow’s invasion.

Addressing reporters after US and Russian officials met for their first round of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Trump dismissed complaints that Kyiv had been denied a seat at negotiations to bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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