Frustrated Trump calls Putin 'absolutely crazy'

UNITED States President Donald Trump has made it clear he is losing patience with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, by levelling some of his sharpest criticism yet at him as Moscow continued to pound Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles.

- SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press

In a social media post on Sunday night, Mr Trump wrote: "I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!"

Mr Trump said Mr Putin is "needlessly killing a lot of people", pointing out that "missiles and drones are being shot into cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever".

Mr Trump made his remarks on his Truth Social platform after at least 12 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in Russian drone and missile attacks on Saturday night. The following night's Russian drone attack on Ukraine was the biggest of the three-year war, according to a Ukrainian official.