The Ukrainian president said the visit was a “devastating blow to peace efforts”. His comments came on the same day as a missile strike on Kyiv hit a children’s hospital.
| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed a visit by India’s prime minister to Russia, calling it a blow to peace efforts that fell on the same day as a deadly Russian missile strike.
Mr Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin for a private dinner on Monday following his arrival in the Russian capital, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said. Russia’s first deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov received Mr Modi at Moscow’s airport. India has avoided censuring Russia for its war and abstained at United Nations votes on the issue, but has advocated diplomacy to resolve the conflict.
Washington is also seeking closer ties with India, which it sees as a regional counterweight to China.
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