Russian state media and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin took a victory lap after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s heated conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

Deputy head of Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, also a former Russian President, wrote on Telegram that US President Donald Trump had given Ukraine a “strong slap on the wrist”.

“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.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was a miracle that Trump and Vice-President JD Vance managed to restrain themselves from hitting Zelensky.

“I think Zelensky’s biggest lie of all his lies was his assertion in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone, without support,” she wrote on Telegram.

Hungary’s Russia-friendly Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Trump stood “bravely for peace. Even if it was difficult for many to digest.”