| Title: | Fact-check: Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as Trump claims? |
| URL: | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/20/fact-check-did-ukraine-start-its-war-with-russia-as-trump-claims |
| Publisher: | Al Jazeera |
| Date published: | February 20, 2025 |
| Description: | “I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it’s going very well,” Trump said, answering reporters’ questions on February 18 at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “But today I heard [from Ukraine], ‘Oh well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years. You should have ended it three years – you should have never started it, you could have made a deal.” This clashes with the evidence that Russia sent a large invasion force into Ukraine in February 2022. |
Fact-check: Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as Trump claims?
"I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well," Trump said, answering reporters' questions on February 18 at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. "But today I heard [from Ukraine], 'Oh well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it three years - you should have never started it, you could have made a deal."
This clashes with the evidence that Russia sent a large invasion force into Ukraine in February 2022.
