Moscow:
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Friday that US President Donald Trump demonstrated "restraint" by not physically striking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their heated argument in the White House.
"I think Zelensky’s biggest lie among all his lies was his claim in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone and without support," Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
"How Trump and Vance held back from hitting that scumbag is a miracle of restraint," she added.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, labeled Zelensky an "insolent pig" who had received "a proper slap down in the Oval Office."
Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, described the intense confrontation between Trump and Zelensky as "historic."
Dmitriev was one of Moscow’s negotiators in the Russian-American talks held on February 18 in Saudi Arabia—the first such meeting since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in 2022.
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