Russia says Trump displayed ‘miracle of restraint’ against Zelenskyy as Europe rallies behind Kyiv

Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has said that US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance displayed a “miracle of restraint” by refraining themselves from hitting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom she called “scumbag,” Al Jazeera reported.

Zakharova accused Zelenskyy of speaking lies and said that his biggest lie was his statement in the White House about Kyiv regime being without support in 2022, Al Jazeera reported.

In a statement on Telegram, the Russian foreign ministry official Zakharova wrote, “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,” she said Zakharova’s statement followed Zelenskyy’s verbal sparring with US President Donald Trump and Vice President Vance at the White House’s Oval Office on Friday (local time). This shouting match between the leaders was witnessed by White House officials, mediapersons and other Ukrainian officials.

Meanwhile, Russian Security Council deputy head Dmitry Medvedev stated that Trump had given Ukraine a “strong slap on the wrist.” Medvedev, who is also former Russian President, said, “Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face.” He said, “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,” Al Jazeera reported.

European leaders pledged to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting. European leaders already were shaken by Vance's speech to the Munich Security Conference two weeks ago in which he lectured them about the state of their democracy. As prime ministers and presidents across the continent scrambled to respond, they have held a series of emergency summits to discuss security.

Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni proposed “an immediate summit” between the United States and European allies “to speak frankly about how we intend to face today's great challenges, starting with Ukraine.” She urged the West to stay united. “Every division of the West makes us all weaker and favours those who would like to see the decline of our civilisation,” she said. “A division would not benefit anyone.”