France’s prime minister has torn into U.S. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling it a staggering show of “brutality.”

The criticism from Prime Minister François Bayrou diverged from the more nuanced tone that French President Emmanuel Macron has adopted in the wake of the clash.

Macron said in the interview that Zelenskiy had told him he was willing to "restore dialogue" with the United States, including on a deal giving U.S. access to revenues from Ukrai

Ukraine's international bonds tumbled to their lowest level in more than a month on Monday after the clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump last week doused hopes of Kyiv securing Washington's backing.