Indian PM arrives in Ukraine – photos, video

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Ukraine. This is the first official visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since it regained independence in 1991.

Source: Times of India

Details: Modi arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 23 August. He is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 

Updated:  Modi posted a photo of the meeting with members of the Indian diaspora on social media platform X.

Previously: Ahead of his visit to Ukraine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for peace to be restored and announced that he would share his prospects for ending the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Background:

• Modi visited Russia in early July, the same day that Russian forces targeted the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv. At a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Modi urged him to end the war against Ukraine and said that a resolution could not be found on the battlefield.
• The Ukrainian president criticised Modi's meeting with Putin, calling it a "devastating blow to peace efforts". In response, India summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to discuss Zelenskyy's remark.
• The United States has expressed concern about India's relations with Russia amid Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
• The Ukrainian President's Office officially announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on the eve of Independence Day, which is celebrated annually on 24 August.

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