Dar es Salaam, Feb. 19 -- FLORIDA: Donald Trump has taken aim at Ukraine after its President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said it was a “surprise” his country had not been invited to talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the war with Russia.

Saying he was “disappointed” by Ukraines reaction, he appeared to blame Ukraine for starting the war, saying the country “could have made a deal” earlier.

A full-scale Russian invasion sparked the war in Ukraine almost three years ago.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh for the first high-level, face-to-face talks between the two countries since the invasion, and agreed to appoint teams to start negotiatin...