Russia Says Zelensky Trip to U.S. Was 'Complete Failure'

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia said Saturday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's trip to the United States had been a "failure", after United States
President Donald Trump berated him in a stunning televised confrontation.Zelensky planned to sign a minerals deal with the United States
during the visit, but it ended in disaster when Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being "disrespectful" and
admonished him in front of United States and international media.Kyiv had hoped the agreement would pave the way for security guarantees
from Washington, as it fights the full-scale offensive Russia launched in 2022."The visit of the head of the neo-Nazi regime, Vladimir
Zelensky, to Washington on February 28 is a complete political and diplomatic failure of the Kyiv regime," Russian foreign ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.Moscow often accuses Ukraine of harbouring "neo-Nazism" and used that as a pretext to start
its Ukraine offensive, an accusation that Western leaders and Kyiv call false and absurd."With his outrageously boorish behaviour during his
stay in Washington, Zelensky confirmed that he is the most dangerous threat to the world community as an irresponsible warmonger," Zakharova
said.Accusing Zelensky of being "obsessed" with continuing the fighting, Zakharova added that Russia's military goals in Ukraine were
"unchanging".Moscow has been gaining ground on the battlefield for over a year, pressing their advantage against Ukraine's overstretched
and outgunned army.