You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s,” Sweden's Prime Minister said to Zelensky.

Zelensky had offered a curt apology at the end of an interview after the testy exchange: ‘We are thankful and sorry for this.’

A remarkable shouting match broke out in the Oval Office on Friday between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, an extraordinarily fractious display that only underscored the deeply uncertain future of American assistance to Kyiv.