VLADIMIR Putin has said it would be "disgusting" to see Western leaders naked after they mocked the Russian leader for his topless horse riding displays.
The 69-year-old dictator hit back after Boris Johnson and Canada's Justin Trudeau poked fun at Mad Vlad as world leaders gathered in Germany for the G7.
The Kremlin tyrant was the butt of jokes for his bizarre photo ops shooting bears and riding topless.
At the start of talks between the leaders of the industrial powers, Mr Johnson declared “we have to show that we’re tougher than Putin" as he took off jacket.
And the Canadian PM quipped back suggesting they go for a “bare chested horseback ride", with Mr Johnson adding "show our pecks".
But Putin lashed out at the swipe from the Western leaders, saying it would be a "disgusting sight" to see them without their clothes.
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He said: "I don’t know exactly how far they wanted to get undressed, above or below the waist.
"But I think, either way, it would be a disgusting sight."
Putin claimed, unlike him, Western leaders drank too much alcohol and didn't do enough exercise.
Speaking to reporters at a summit in Tajikistan, he said: "One must have both a body and a spirit harmoniously developed.
"But to achieve harmony, you must stop abusing alcohol and other bad habits, and do sports.
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"The [Western] colleagues you mentioned, I know them all personally.
"This is not the best period in our relations, this is understandable.
"Yet they are all leaders, so they would achieve success if they wanted to.
"But they must work on themselves."
Russian-state controlled TV channel Zvezda shared Putin’s comments with the caption: "DISGUSTING NAKED OLD MEN."
It comes as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss slammed the Russian leader as an "appalling dictator".
Speaking from the Nato summit in Madrid, she told Sky News: "I would describe him as an appalling dictator perpetrating a war that was neither legal nor justified in any possible way.
"I've not met Vladimir Putin, I don't know the motivation for carrying out this appalling war.
"All I know is that we have to make it our absolute priority to stop this war and to push Vladimir Putin and the Russian troops out of Ukraine."
Mr Johnson has also branded Mr Putin "evil" while Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he was a "lunatic".
Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after Nato branded Moscow the biggest "direct threat" to Western security.
Ukrainian authorities said they were trying to get residents out of the frontline eastern city of Lysychansk – the focus of Russia's attacks where about 15,000 people are under relentless shelling.
Regional governor Serhiy Gaidai told Ukrainian television: "Fighting is going on all the time. The Russians are constantly on the offensive. There is no let-up."
Russian forces also intensified attacks n the southern Mykolaiv region close to front lines and the Black Sea.
And attacks on the northeastern city of Kharkiv continued with shelling from tanks, mortars and missiles, Ukraine's military said.
At a summit on Wednesday, Nato invited Sweden and Finland to join and pledged a massive seven-fold increase from 2023 in combat forces on high alert along its eastern flank.
Putin hit back and said Russia would respond if Nato set up any infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they join the alliance.
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US President Joe Biden announced more land, sea and air force deployments across Europe – from Spain in the west to Romania and Poland bordering Ukraine.
The reinforcements include a permanent army headquarters with accompanying battalion in Poland – the first full-time US deployment on Nato's eastern fringes.
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