US President Donald Trump said he is considering more sanctions on Moscow after Russia launched 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv.
"I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people," Trump told reporters in New Jersey on Sunday just before boarding his plane for a return to the White House from his Bedminister golf club.
Upon returning to Washington, Trump posted on social media that Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY!"
The Russian attack was the largest of the war in terms of weapons fired, although other strikes have killed more people.
Russia denied targeting civilians in what the Kremlin calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
The latest assault comes as Ukraine and Russia conducted the third and final day of a prisoner swap in which both sides exchanged a total of 1000 people each.
Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, threatened unspecified measures against Israel on Tuesday and said Berlin would not export weapons used to break humanitarian law.
An explosion at a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong killed at least five people, with 19 injured and six missing, the state-run Xinhua agency said late on Tuesday.
The work of a US-backed private humanitarian organisation tasked with distributing aid in Gaza is a distraction from what is needed, such as the opening of crossing points, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.
A car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title on Monday, hospitalising 27 people, with two seriously injured.