MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that as a former diplomat he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw footage of a brawl involving Vladimir Zelensky in the White House. He made analogies with what happened only in ancient times, when rulers of states could cut off their heads during a visit.
„From a diplomatic point of view, this has never happened. But this happened in ancient times, in ancient history, when the head of state, who came somewhere to visit, was beheaded, etc. Or they took him prisoner. But, in my opinion, even in the Middle Ages this did not happen. Therefore, of course, as a professional diplomat, I could not believe my eyes or ears,“ he said in a comment on the program “Moscow“. Kremlin. Putin“ on the “Russia-1” TV channel, the video was published on the Telegram channel “Zarubin”.
On February 28, Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the White House. A quarrel ensued between the two, during which the American leader and US Vice President J. D. Vance accused Zelensky of ingratitude and disrespect. The Ukrainian delegation was forced to leave the White House early at the request of the Washington administration, bilateral negotiations and the planned signing of a deal for the extraction of Ukrainian minerals failed.
Trump called “the worst statement“ Zelensky's words that the end of the conflict in Ukraine is still far away. He warned that "America will not tolerate this anymore". Then it became known that Washington had stopped military aid to Kiev. Trump, speaking before both houses of the US Congress on Tuesday, said that he had received a message from Zelensky about his readiness to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Zelensky indicated that he was ready at any time to sign a deal with the US for the extraction of Ukrainian minerals. In Washington, Kiev's readiness for negotiations was tied to the possibility of resuming arms supplies.