LOS ANGELES/MOSCOW - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has approved sending additional weapons to Ukraine and is considering new sanctions on Russia.

"We're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I've approved that," Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

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Trump also expressed dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I'm not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now," Trump said, noting that Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are dying in the thousands.

Trump said he is considering whether to support a bipartisan Senate bill that will impose sweeping sanctions on Russia.

Members of Trump's national security team plan to discuss details of shipping weapons to Ukraine on Tuesday, according to media reports.

"We're going to send some more weapons. We have to," Trump said Monday ahead of a dinner with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a statement Monday night, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the US Department of Defense will provide further defensive military assistance to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday in a post on social media that he had discussed Ukraine's air defense capabilities in a phone conversation with Trump. They agreed that they would work together to strengthen protecting the skies of Ukraine, he said.

Also on Tuesday, a Ukrainian drone strike on a public beach in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which borders Ukraine, killed three people and injured seven others, including a five-year-old child, regional authorities said.

Acting governor Alexander Khinshtein said on his Telegram channel there were no military targets near the site and the attack occurred "on a summer evening, during a holiday, at a place where families with children were relaxing."

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Among the dead was a senior sergeant of the Russian National Guard. Khinshtein said the officer and a colleague had responded to the first explosion and were helping evacuate civilians when a second drone detonated, killing the sergeant.

The injured suffered shrapnel wounds and burns. Five victims, including the child, are reported to be in serious condition and are receiving treatment at the regional hospital.

Emergency services were dispatched immediately to the scene and investigations is underway, Khinshtein added.

There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials.