Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the war with Ukraine on former U.S. President Joe Biden.

He took a swipe at him during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump after a summit in Alaska on Friday that there would be no war if he were still president the last four years instead of Biden.

‘Today, with President Trump saying that if he was the president back then there would be no war, I’m quite sure that would indeed be so, I can confirm that, ‘ Trump said.

‘I’d like to remind you that in 2022, during the last contact with the previous administration, I tried to convince my previous American colleague the situation should not be brought to the point of no return when it would come to hostilities. And I said it quite directly back then that it’s a big mistake,’ Putin said at the conclusion of his remarks to the press.

Trump has repeatedly said that he would have been able to stop Russia from invading Ukraine if he were reelected in 2020.

Putin said on Friday that having a good relationship with Trump makes him confident that ‘we can come to see the end of the conflict in Ukraine.’