US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hit out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that he had done a “terrible job” and could have joined peace talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia if he wanted to, news agency Reuters reported.

Donald Trump’s statement at a press conference comes hours after he also Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” on social media. “A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump posted.

The US officially began a series of negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Notably, President Zelensky was absent from the meeting, and he made a statement after the high-level talks that his country would not accept any outcome of the war since it was left out of the negotiations to end it.

During a press conference held at his Florida residence, Donald Trump doubled down and said, “Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the barbarianism that’s going on over there. Soldiers are being killed by thousands on a weekly basis. Apart from Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, a lot of Koreans have been killed. We want to end it. It’s a senseless war. It should have never happened.”