Russia fired its biggest ever drone barrage on Ukraine, authorities said on Monday, just hours after Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin "CRAZY" and warned Moscow risked new sanctions if it kept up its deadly bombardment.
The US president has sought to broker an end to the three-year war, but has failed to extract major concessions from the Kremlin, despite repeated negotiations and several phone calls between him and Russia's president.
For three consecutive nights Russia has pummelled Ukraine with large-scale drone attacks, saturating its air defences and killing at least 13 people on Sunday, officials said.
Russia fired "355 Shahed-type drones" including decoys, in the largest drone attack of the invasion between Sunday night and early Monday, as well as nine cruise missiles, Ukraine's air force said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that there were "no longer any range restrictions" on arms supplied by Western allies to Ukraine, allowing Kyiv to attack "military positions in Russia".
It was not immediately clear when the decision was made nor which countries had changed their policy.
The Kremlin said any Western decision to lift range limits on arms delivered to Ukraine would be "dangerous" and "at odds" with peace efforts.
In a rare rebuke of the Russian leader, Trump said on social media late Sunday: "I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!"
"I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that's proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!"
Earlier, Trump told reporters he was "not happy" about Russia's attacks on Ukraine and was "absolutely" considering increasing sanctions on Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he hoped Trump's anger at Moscow translated "into action", and that the US president realised Putin was not ready for peace.
The Kremlin played down Trump's criticism, saying Putin was taking measures "necessary to ensure Russia's security". "This is a very critical moment, which is fraught with emotional stress for everyone, as well as emotional reactions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks showed Russia had a sense of "impunity".
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