THE Kremlin said today that a deal to end the war in Ukraine couldn’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices, contrary to what US President Donald Trump has suggested.

Addressing the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by video from the White House, Mr Trump said on Thursday that the Opec+ alliance of oil-exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.

“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” he claimed.