Zelenskyy advisor calls Russian ex-president 'small man with huge insecurities' after he suggested Ukraine wouldn't exist in 2 years

• Russia's former president suggested that Ukraine may not exist in two years' time.
• Dmitry Medvedev said: "Who's to say that Ukraine will exist on the world map in two years at all?"

An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mocked Russia's former president after he said Ukraine may no longer exist.

Dmitry Medvedev, who was president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Telegram on Wednesday: "Who's to say that Ukraine will exist on the world map in two years at all?"

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Zelenskyy, tweeted in response on Wednesday: "If [Russian] imperialism had a face, it would be #Medvedev."

"A small man with huge insecurities, who sprinkles poison towards Ukraine or threatens the world as the only way to assert oneself. [Ukraine] was, is and will be. The question is where would Dmitry Medvedev be in two years."

Medvedev's comments came in light of Ukraine looking to get liquefied natural gas from the US through a lend-lease plan, and pay back the US in two years.