President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his criticism of Vladimir Putin since a call with the Russian leader failed to produce progress in ending his war on Ukraine.

Axar.az informs, citing USA Today, Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that he was "not happy" with Putin, who he forcefully criticized for a second day in a row.

"We get a lot of bulls**t thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth," Trump said on July 8. "He’s very nice all the time but it turns out to be meaningless.”

The leaders spoke by phone in June and again in early July. Trump said afterward that the call did not produce results.

At a dinner on July 7 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump also hit out at Putin, saying he was "disappointed" with him and reversed a Pentagon decision to withhold some weapons from Ukraine.

Russian drone attacks on Ukraine increased after the Pentagon held up weapons shipments, including those of Patriot interceptors, amid what the Defense Department said was a review of weapons supplies that Trump later overturned.

"We're not happy with Putin, I'm not happy with Putin, I can tell you that much right now. Because he's killing a lot of people. And a lot of them are his soldiers," Trump said at the Cabinet meeting.