Russia-Ukraine war: Russia launched a scathing attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his verbal spat in the White House with Donald Trump and his deputy, JD Vance, saying the US President and Vice-President showed a “miracle of restraint” by refraining themselves from “hitting” Zelenskyy.
‘Scumbag’ Zelenskyy spoke lies in White House
In a statement issued on Telegram, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, accused Zelenskyy, whom she called a “scumbag”, of speaking lies and claimed that the “biggest lie” was his statement in the White House about Kyiv regime being without support in 2022, when the Russia-Ukraine war erupted.
“I think Zelenskyy’s biggest lie of all his lies was his assertion in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone, without support. How Trump and Vance held back from hitting that scumbag is a miracle of restraint,” said Zakharova.
On a similar note, Russian Security Council deputy chief Dmitry Medvedev asserted that Trump had given Ukraine a “strong slap on the wrist.” The former Russian President, said, “Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face.”
“For the first time, Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face: The Kyiv regime is playing with the Third World War. And the ungrateful pig received a strong slap on the wrist from the owners of the pigsty. This is useful. But it’s not enough – we must stop military aid to the Nazi machine,” Medvedev said, according to Al Jazeera.
Trump, Zelenskyy clash in Oval Office
The comments by Russian official came after Volodymyr Zelenskyy was involved in a heated verbal clash with Trump and Vance during a high-stakes meeting inside the Oval Office at the White House on Friday.
The Trump-Zelenskyy meeting began with smiles and handshakes, but lasted just over 40 minutes after a public blowup in front of the media, following which the Ukrainian delegation was asked to leave the White House while the formal lunch with the US President remaining untouched, according to reports.
The verbal spat was triggered when JD Vance accused Zelenskyy of “litigating” in front of the world’s press, criticized him for taking part in photo-ops with Democrats during the 2024 campaign, and said his remarks were “disrespectful” to the administration.
The Ukrainian President fired back, claiming that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea in 2014, killing thousands, and “nobody stopped him”. He also claimed that Putin had violated ceasefire “25 times”, since the Russia-Ukraine war erupted in February 2022.
Raising his voice, Trump called the Ukrainian president “disrespectful” and told him he should be thanking the US, saying, “You don’t have the cards.” “You are either going to make a deal or we’re out and if we are out, you will fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty,” he added.
Zelenskyy doesn’t want peace, says Trump
Following the Oval Office meeting, Trump said Zelenskyy was not willing to pursue an immediate ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. The Ukrainian President left the White House earlier than planned without signing a much-anticipated minerals agreement or attending a scheduled press conference with Trump.
“He (Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) says that he wants to come back right now, but I can’t do that…They should have an immediate ceasefire…A ceasefire could take place immediately. If you want to end the war, you sign up for an agreement that’s going to take a period of time. It takes time,” Trump told reporters after the meeting.
(With inputs from agencies)
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