Trump slams Putin, Zelenskyy in interview

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made harsh remarks about both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"I'm not happy with what Putin's doing," Trump told reporters before he took Air Force One from Morristown, New Jersey to Washington, D.C.

"I don't know what the hell happened to Putin," he said.

"I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with him. But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all. OK. We're in the middle of talking, and he's shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all," he added.

Trump made the remarks after Russia and Ukraine conducted large-scale drone and missile attacks on each other on Sunday.

Russia intercepted and destroyed 110 Ukrainian drones across various regions of the country overnight, including 13 over the Moscow region, the Russia Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Kyiv authority said at least 12 people, including three children, were killed and dozens of others injured across Ukraine in a combined missile-drone attack launched by Russia early Sunday.

Later on Sunday evening, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY!"

He then turned to Zelenskyy, saying he was doing his country "no favors by talking the way he does," a reference to statements Zelenskyy made earlier on Sunday, criticizing U.S. silence on the latest Russian attacks.

"Everything out of his mouth causes problems. I don't like it, and it better stop," Trump said of Zelenskyy. Trump noted that he should not be blamed by Ukraine since "this is Zelenskyy's, Putin's, and Biden's War, not Trump's."

Trump also raised the possibility of imposing more sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing attacks.

There was no immediate response from the Kremlin or Zelenskyy's office regarding Trump's remarks.

Trump has been pressuring Russia and Ukraine to end the more than three-year conflict. However, the two sides remain far apart, and while major powers talk, the conflict is intensifying, and Russian forces are advancing in eastern Ukraine.

(With input from agencies)