"Zelensky... shouldn’t have allowed this to happen either. He’s no angel," Trump said. "First of all, he’s fighting a much bigger entity."

The U.S. president, who most recently met Zelensky in Paris in December, criticized his Ukrainian counterpart for resisting Russia at the start of the invasion instead of cutting a deal.

“Zelensky… shouldn’t have allowed this to happen either. He’s no angel,” Trump said.