A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.

A Russian state media reporter briefly gained access to the Oval Office during Friday’s contentious meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. An unnamed reporter for the Russian state media organization TASS joined other handpicked pool reporters in a meeting that saw Zelenskyy ― who is three years into fighting a Russian invasion of his country ― get berated by Trump.

A representative of the Russian state-affiliated TASS was not allowed to cover the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy because the TASS reporter