Donald Trump is engaged in an escalating war of words with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but his comments on the Ukrainian president are not accurate.

United States President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about Ukraine and its leader as he seeks to end the country’s three-year war with Russia.

Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soured publicly as Trump called Zelenskyy a “dictator” and said he “started” the war with Russia, a claim PolitiFact rated pants-on-fire false. The war of words has escalated after Zelenskyy accused Trump of repeating Russian misinformation.