FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made "inadmissible" remarks about other world leaders after Zelenskiy accused U.S President Donald Trump of living in a "disinformation bubble."
Zelenskiy on Wednesday also dismissed as false a claim by the U.S. president about his popularity rating being at just 4%.
Asked about Zelenskiy's remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday told reporters:
"The rhetoric of Zelenskiy and many representatives of the Kyiv regime leaves much to be desired. The fact that Zelenskiy's rating is falling is an absolutely obvious trend."
Peskov said he didn't want to get into details on numbers though when it came to discussing Zelenskiy's popularity which opinion polls in Ukraine show is above 50%.
"Often representatives of the Ukrainian regime, especially in recent months, allow themselves to say absolutely unacceptable things about heads of other states. Of course, for many heads of state about whom such statements are made, this is absolutely unacceptable," said Peskov.
"We see that there are certain differences between Washington and Kyiv," he added, accusing Ukraine of spending foreign taxpayers' money in an uncontrolled way and balking at attempts to hold it to account for funds spent in the past.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; editing by Andrew Osborn)
