Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts?

President Donald Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, causing outrage in a country that has been fighting back Russian aggression for years. Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator without elections, but Zelenskyy was democratically elected in 2019 and retains a 57% public trust rating. Trump’s claims of millions killed and cities destroyed in Ukraine are exaggerated, with around 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since the war began in 2022.

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