Moscow has offered another phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin after the US president said he was “p***** off” with the Russian leader.
Mr Trump told NBC News he was very angry after Mr Putin criticised the credibility of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. The US president suggested he could impose secondary tariffs of 25-50 per cent on buyers of Russian oil.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was continuing to work with Washington and that Mr Putin remained open to contacts with Mr Trump.
A call between both the presidents, Mr Peskov said, could be arranged at short notice if necessary, though none was scheduled for this week.
But Washington must not be misled by Putin’s “stalling tactics”, outgoing German foreign minister Anna Baerbock said in a statement during a farewell visit to Kyiv.