Russia revels in Oval Office spectacle after Zelenskyy spars with Trump, Vance

Russia is loving the Oval Office spectacle that took spot yesterday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. However, determination is 1 salient Russian dependable that has not been heard yet, that of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, astatine the clip of this writing, has yet to remark connected the situation.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is simply a staunch defender of Putin, was delighted by what helium called the "proper slap down" that Zelenskyy received astatine the hands of Trump and Vance. In the aforesaid station connected X, Medvedev wrote that Trump was close astir Ukraine "gambling with WWIII."

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said it was a "miracle" Trump and Vance stopped themselves from hitting Zelenskyy during the aggravated exchange.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arsenic U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)

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It’s not conscionable Russian leaders celebrating; members of the government-run media are besides reveling successful the fracas.

"The Russian media, which is astir exclusively controlled by Putin’s government, is having a tract time with what happened contiguous betwixt Zelenskyy and President Trump and JD Vance," Rebekah Koffler, a strategical subject quality analyst, erstwhile elder authoritative astatine the Defense Intelligence Agency and writer of "Putin’s Playbook," told Fox News Digital.

"Rossiyskaya Gazeta," the Russian National Gazette, tore into Zelenskyy, with galore headlines gloating astir the leader’s spat with Trump and Vance, arsenic good arsenic his leaving the White House early, according to Koffler, who translated the headlines for Fox News Digital.

Additionally, Russian authorities TV commentator Vladimir Solovyov reportedly announced a peculiar amusement focusing connected "Zelenskyy’s termination successful the White House," according to Reuters.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conscionable successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

WORLD LEADERS BACK ZELENSKYY FOLLOWING TRUMP, VANCE OVAL OFFICE SPAT

After the tense Oval Office meeting, leaders from crossed the globe came retired condemning Trump and Vance’s actions and showing their enactment for Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron, who precocious met with Trump successful DC, expressed enactment for Ukraine successful a station connected X.

"There is an aggressor: Russia. There is simply a victim: Ukraine. We were close to assistance Ukraine and authorisation Russia 3 years ago—and to support doing so," Macron wrote. "By ‘we,’ I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese, and galore others."

While U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer has yet to remark publicly, the person of the U.K. Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, spoke retired successful enactment of Ukraine, writing, "We request to retrieve that the villain is the warfare transgression President Putin who illegally invaded different sovereign state - Ukraine."

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an ardent Trump critic, wrote, "Canada volition proceed to basal with Ukraine and Ukrainians successful achieving a conscionable and lasting peace."

Tensions betwixt Washington and Kyiv were wide earlier immoderate words were exchanged successful the Oval Office. On Feb. 19, President Trump called President Zelenskyy "a dictator without elections" successful a station connected Truth Social. However, erstwhile helium was asked astir his remark during a gathering with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump appeared to backmost down saying, "Did I accidental that?"

The Trump administration’s attack to Kyiv wildly deviates from that of the Biden administration. Biden made his pro-Ukraine stance wide aft the February 2022 invasion, contempt suggesting successful January 2022 that a "minor incursion" would effect successful lighter consequences. Trump, connected the different hand, told the media minutes earlier the speech that helium would not instrumentality either Russia oregon Ukraine’s side. Rather, helium was "not aligned with anybody. I'm aligned with the United States of America and for the bully of the world."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves the White House aft a heated gathering successful the Oval Office successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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In an exclusive interview with Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier, Zelenskyy did not apologize for the heated exchange, but helium acknowledged that it was "bad for some sides."

"I conscionable privation to beryllium honest, and I conscionable privation our partners to recognize the concern correctly, and I privation to recognize everything correctly. That's astir america not to suffer our friendship," Zelenskyy said connected "Special Report."