In a statement on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington on 28 February “a complete failure”.

“The Russian side has repeatedly stated about Zelensky's inadequacy, corruptness and non-confidence at all levels. It was the Kiev regime that refused to continue negotiations on a political and diplomatic settlement in the spring of 2022, using lies and manipulations to justify the continuation of hostilities and the receipt of Western military and financial aid.

With his outrageously boorish behavior during his stay in Washington, Zelensky confirmed that he is the most dangerous threat to the world community as an irresponsible warmonger. Everyone should understand how unambiguous such attacks from the terrorist leader sound,” Zakharova said in a statement.

''Unprecedented in the history of international politics and diplomacy, the sobering beating given to Zelensky by the American president in the White House is also a testament to the political weakness and utter moral degradation of those European leaders who continue to advocate support for the mad leader of the Nazi regime who has lost touch with reality.

As before, we proceed from the premise that a truly just and sustainable peace is possible only if the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis are completely eliminated. The main ones were the West's violation of its promises not to expand NATO and the alliance's absorption of the entire geopolitical space of Europe right up to Russia's borders, as well as the Kyiv regime's systematic elimination of everything Russian: language, culture, and church, like the German Nazis of the past. The demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as well as the recognition of existing realities “on the ground,” remain Russia's unchanged goals. The sooner Kyiv and the well-known European capitals realize this, the closer and the more peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis will be,” Zakharova said in a statement.