Russian media have been reacting to Trump's growing criticism of Putin, the most recent being on Tuesday when he accused the Russian leader of peddling "bulls***" over his intentions in Ukraine, after rejecting U.S. ceasefire proposals.

The truth is, he believed me 10%,' Trump said of the threat he made to Putin that he would bomb Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine.

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "We are quite calm about this." "We expect to continue our dialogue with Washington and our line on repairing the rather broken bilateral relations,