Kyiv: Ukraine's prime minister Oleksiy Goncharuk offered his resignation on Friday after the audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volodymyr Zelensky's understanding of the economy. "To remove any doubts about our respect for and trust in the president, I have written a resignation letter and handed it over to the president," Oleksiy Goncharuk wrote on his official Facebook page.

He said the audio "artificially created an impression that my team and I do not respect the president". "This is not true. I came to this post to carry out the president's programme." Zelensky's office said it had received the letter of resignation and would consider it.