"Muscovites do not place much faith in the power of words, but the language of our striking naval platforms, equipped with missile armaments, is quite persuasive," noted Podervyansky during the meeting.
Budanov presented the artist with a letter of gratitude from the GUR and an award knife for participating in the charitable initiative of Magura for the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
"Paraphrasing a classic - so much for pessimism!" - Budanov wrote on his Telegram channel.
Photos from this meeting quickly turned into memes and spread widely across the internet.
