Russia has confirmed that Donald Trump sent the Kremlin sample Covid-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic, after revelations in veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s new book raised further questions about the former US president’s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The Trump administration sent scarce Covid-19 testing equipment to the Kremlin during the height of the pandemic, Russian officials said.The statement from Russia follows revelations from journalist Bob Woodward’s coming book “War” that reports then-President Donald Trump secretly sent Russian President Vladimir Putin some Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for Putin’s personal use.