Almost three years to the day since Russia invaded Ukraine, President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of starting the war. He made his comment after being asked about Ukraine’s irritation at not being invited to peace talks held in Saudi Arabia between Russian and U.S. officials.

A look at how the war in Ukraine began, the state of the peace talks and why the country isn’t holding elections.

Beyond Ukraine, the meeting — attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials — had been expected to focus on thawing relations between the two countries, whose ties have fallen to their lowest level in decades.