Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it’s a “pity” that he was not invited to join Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last month, declaring that the US president gave the Russian dictator “what he wanted.” (Watch video below)

In an interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in Ukraine broadcast on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the Anchorage summit on August 15 afforded an opportunity to Putin to show the world that he is welcomed on US soil.

“It’s a pity that Ukraine was not there, because I think that President Trump gave Putin what he wanted,” Zelenskyy said. “Putin doesn’t want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the president of the United States, to show everybody video and images that he’s there.”

Trump has previously expressed frustration

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