India, March 1 -- Russia came out in support of Donald Trump over the verbal clash he had with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky and said the US President showed 'restraint' by not physically assaulting him.

"I think Zelensky's BIGGEST lie of all his lies is the White House statement that the Kiev regime was left alone in 2022, without support," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

"How Trump and Vance restrained themselves and didn't punch this scumbag is a miracle of endurance," she said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should apologise for the meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House that he described as ending in a 'fiasco'.

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