President Trump and Russian officials are engaged in a war of words, a sign of escalating tensions between the two powers as Trump grows increasingly frustrated over the lack of progress toward a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Trump has posted in recent days on social media that Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone “absolutely CRAZY” and warned he was “playing with fire” with continued strikes on Ukrainian cities.

Moscow, meanwhile, has issued coy responses to Trump as it carries out deadly strikes against Kyiv, cautioning the U.S. president against “emotional overload” and warning that the only bad outcome would be “WWIII.”

Lawmakers in both parties have used the shift in tone to urge Trump to take a tougher stance through sanctions on Russia, while experts argued it was still unclear whet

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