“Modi rebukes Putin over struggle in Ukraine,” The Washington Submit reported in a headline. “In a surprising public rebuke, Modi informed Putin: “At present’s period isn’t an period of struggle, and I’ve spoken to you on the telephone about this,” it reported.
“The uncommon reproach confirmed the 69-year-old Russian strongman coming underneath extraordinary strain from all sides,” the Submit stated.
Responding to Modi, the Russian President stated, “I do know your place on the battle in Ukraine, about your considerations that you just continuously categorical. We are going to do our greatest to cease this as quickly as doable. Solely, sadly, the opposing aspect, the management of Ukraine, introduced its abandonment of the negotiation course of, declared that it needs to realize its objectives by navy means, as they are saying, ‘on the battlefield.’ However, we’ll all the time maintain you knowledgeable of what’s taking place there.”
It was the lead story on the webpage of each The Washington Submit and The New York Occasions. “India’s Chief Tells Putin That Now Is Not an Period for Warfare,” The New York Occasions stated in its headline.
“Mr Modi’s feedback got here a day after President Xi Jinping of China — in his first face-to-face assembly with Mr Putin for the reason that invasion started — struck a much more subdued tone than the Russian president, and steered clear in his public feedback of any point out of Ukraine,” reported The New York Occasions.