Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the death of innocent children was excruciating, a day after a lethal strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
The Indian leader made the televised remarks at a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin.
Ukraine says it has recovered fragments of a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile at the hospital, which was hit on Monday during a wave of Russian attacks that killed at least 41 Ukrainians across the country.
Russia said, without providing evidence, that it was a Ukrainian anti-missile system that struck the hospital.
Modi told Putin that the death of innocent children in war, conflict, or a terrorist attack was “excruciating.” He also said that a solution to the war in Ukraine “cannot be found on the battlefield … we have to find peace through talks.”
Putin, speaking before Modi, said their two countries enjoyed a special strategic partnership and thanked him for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the war.
He welcomed Modi to the Kremlin for talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, a day after the United States said it had raised concerns with India about its ties with Moscow.
“Our relations have the character of a particularly privileged strategic partnership,” Putin said.
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