The Kremlin offered a muted response on Monday to Donald Trump's remarks that he’s “very angry” and “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin.
The US president, who made the remarks to NBC News over the weekend, also threatened to place tariffs of up to 50% on countries that import Russian oil if a ceasefire deal is scuppered by Moscow.
In a daily press briefing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov downplayed any deterioration in relations with Washington.
He suggested parts of the statement were paraphrased, rather than “direct quotes”, said work on a Ukrainian peace process is “ongoing\", and called talks about a potential maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea a “work in progress”.
Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, said on Sunday that Putin “does not care about diplomacy”, and called for further pressure on Russia to end the war.
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