Zakharova called the nature of Zelensky's letter to Trump "ostentatious"

The letter from the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to the American leader, Donald Trump, in which he asks to provide Kiev with air defense systems, is demonstrative and is a "dummy." This was announced on June 3 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF-2026).

"Zelensky's whole thing is completely ostentatious. They say he is in correspondence not with anyone, but with the president of the United States," she told RIA Novosti.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added that the message of the Ukrainian president is a "placebo dummy" that he is trying to slip to his people in an attempt to delay the inevitable. Such actions, according to Zakharova, represent Zelensky's desire to form a certain image among Ukrainians.

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The White House, put in an awkward position, according to NBC News, did not respond to Zelensky's letter. Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said on May 30, commenting on the situation, that the United States wanted Ukraine to be able to defend itself.

Alexander Konkov, an associate professor at the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, suggested on June 1 that the White House might not respond to Kiev because it expects it to respond to the conditions for resolving the conflict. Such behavior, according to the expert, is quite justified, since "before you want to get an answer to your appeal, you should first respond to the one that was addressed to you."