Ukraine War: Senior US Senator calls for assassination of Vladimir Putin

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a US Senator has openly called for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Senator Lindsey Graham has called for "somebody in Russia" to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.

"How does this end? Somebody in Russia has to step up to the plate... and take this guy out," the senator told conservative Fox News TV host Sean Hannity, news agency AFP has reported.

He repeated the call later in a series of tweets, saying "the only people who can fix this are the Russian people."

Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day on Friday and Moscow has stepped up bombing big cities. The Russian forces also captured the Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Europe after shelling it.