State Duma deputy Chepa calls Zelensky a “clown” after his response to a journalist about a visit to Moscow

Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Chepa commented on Vladimir Zelensky’s words after the Ukrainian president responded rudely to a question about a possible visit to Moscow on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Chepa made the statement to Gazeta.Ru.

The incident occurred when a Russian journalist repeatedly shouted the question “When are you going to Moscow?” Zelensky responded with the obscene phrase “On a rocket.”

Chepa interpreted the response as evidence of the Ukrainian president’s unhinged state.

“A clown is a clown. We heard the clear speech by [Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov at the Security Council meeting, where he laid out point by point the situation that had been developing in Ukraine from 2013 to the present day, and Europe’s role in it. We heard Zelensky’s nervous speech at the plenary session, where he was shifting from foot to foot. It is clear that he is in an unhinged state,” the parliamentarian said.

Earlier, Zelensky also raised the possibility of a trilateral meeting with Putin and Trump.