A highly anticipated Oval Office meeting on Friday between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into an accusatory argument and an abrupt end to the rest of the day's scheduled events involving the two leaders.

Later, Zelensky joined Fox News host Bret Baier for an interview, and though he declined to apologize directly to Trump, he did express how "sorry" he was about what occurred and his confidence that "relations" between the two presidents could be repaired, according to Just the News.

Only time will tell if the Ukrainian leader's confidence in salvaging any sort of productive relationship with Trump is correct or misplaced, and at least as of now, the prospects of such seem rather unlikely.

No apology to Trump for disruptive meeting

The world was stunned on Friday when the televised 50-minute White House meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky grew increasingly tense and erupted into angry accusations and shouting near the end, which prompted the cancelation of other planned events that day.

A few hours after the confrontation, according to The Hill, Zelensky appeared on Fox News for an interview with "Special Report" host Baier, who asked at one point if the Ukrainian leader wanted to apologize to his American counterpart for how the Oval Office meeting shockingly unraveled.

"No, I respect the president and I respect the American people and if, I don’t know, I think that we have to be very open and very honest and I’m not sure that we did something bad," Zelensky replied.

"I think maybe sometimes, some things we have to discuss out of media, with all respect to democracy and to free media," he continued and further suggested that the disagreements between himself and Trump should have been discussed behind closed doors.

Zelensky said he was "sorry for this"

However, as that 20+ minutes interview drew to a close, President Zelensky did claim that he was "sorry" about what had occurred after he was asked by Baier if his fraught relationship with President Trump could be "salvaged," a word the Ukrainian who only speaks some broken English needed to be translated for him.

"Yes, of course, because its relations more than two presidents," Zelensky told Baier. "Strong relations between our people and that is why I always began to thank your people from our people."

"This is very, very important, and sorry for this, we wanted very much to have strong relations and I’m very confident we will have it," he added.

Zelensky "can come back when he is ready for Peace," Trump says

The meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky started off cordial enough, but it soon became evident that the two leaders favored different paths toward ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, and the entire discussion went off the rails once Zelensky was accused by Vice President JD Vance of acting entitled, being "disrespectful," and ungracious about the immense assistance the U.S. has already provided to Ukraine over the past three years.

Shortly after the unexpected fireworks at the White House, Trump released a statement and said, "We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure."

"It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations," he continued. "I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE."

Trump added of Zelensky, "He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace."