Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's heated exchange with U.S. President Donald Trump has Russian leaders reveling in the spectacle, with one saying Kyiv got a "slap down."

President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” Friday in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal that Trump said would have moved Ukraine closer to ending its war with Russia.

Democrats on Friday swiftly attacked President Trump and Vice President Vance over their hostile handling of an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that devolved into a shouting match between the three.

Fact: Russia invaded its much smaller and democratic neighbor Ukraine three years ago this week. The brutal war has killed more than 400,000 Ukrainians

Ukraine critical minerals deal is a more practical deterrent against Russia than an international security force for post-war Ukraine proposed by key allies Britain and France.

Vice President JD Vance says a U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals deal is a more practical deterrent against Russia than an international security force for post-war Ukraine proposed by key allies Britain

Trump later said the Ukrainian president had “disrespected” the U.S., while Zelenskyy said he didn’t think he owed his American counterpart an apology.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the war in Ukraine, accusing him of not showing gratitude after he challenged Vance on the question of diplomacy with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

J.D Vance has been slammed online after he laughed and smiled when discussing the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. "The Biden administration called Putin every name in the book," Hannity said. "And he still invaded anyway,