KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday the Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” and that, “it is time to make things right.” Zelenskyy’s remarkes came hours after the White House announced a pause on military aid to Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to grovel to Donald Trump after the U.S. president kicked him out of the White House following a spectacular shouting match in the Oval Office. Hopes for a truce between Russia and Ukraine were left in turmoil after Zelensky was seized upon by Trump,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement Tuesday that his Oval Office meeting last week with US President Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to,” describing it as regrettable and noting that Ukraine is ready to negotiate.