“It is wrong to suggest that somehow or other Ukraine started this war, asked for this war. It is clear for all the world to see and to know that Putin invaded Ukraine and started the war.”

The comments were made by US Senator for Alaska, Lisa Murkowski (R), during a "Teletownhall" Wednesday night.

Alaska Public Media reported from the telephone town hall with more than 1,000 constituents.

"Scratching our heads"

US President Donald Trump has made several controversial and false statements about the Ukraine war, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in recent days.

On Tuesday this week, the US President falsely blamed Ukraine for starting its war with Russia. On Wednesday, Trump called Zelenskyy "a dictator without elections" on the media platform Truth Social.

Murkowski said Trump's insults were uncalled for, Alaska Public Media reports.

The senator for Alaska further commented on Trump's language about the President of Ukraine versus Russia's President.

“Sometimes his negotiating tactics are perhaps a little bit unorthodox and maybe that’s some of what we’re seeing with his words now. But I think we’re all kind of scratching our heads at how quickly the conversation has gone from being one that is supportive of President Zelenskyy to now being more supportive of Putin," Murkowski said according to Anchorage Daily News (ADN).

"Alaska on the frontlines"

ADN further noted that Dan Sullivan (R), also US Senator for Alaska, on Thursday reasserted that Russian...

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