Zelenskyy's advisor on Ukraine's dialogue with India
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Illustrative photo: facebook.com/narendramodi)
Ukraine has established a better dialogue with India than in previous relations between the two countries. Kyiv is discussing with New Delhi, among other things, the possibility of reducing India's purchases of Russian oil, states Ukraine's Advisor-Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vasyuk.
According to the Advisor-Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, Ukraine's dialogue with India has started to build much better and more intensively than ever before.
The official noted that the Ukrainian side now sees an opportunity to address the issues that concern us - specifically, oil.
Vasyuk explained that this allows Russia to earn money to support its military-industrial complex and continue its military aggression against Ukraine.
Vasyuk stated that the issue of oil exports was discussed during conversations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"And believe me, that’s 5-6 billion every month. This is far more important than anything else," the official said.
Zelenskyy's advisor emphasized that if we take away those 5-6 billion from Russia now, along with the same amount from China and the same amount from the entire other market, the Kremlin would, in a few months, lose the capability to continue producing missiles and drones.
Modi's visit to Ukraine and meeting with Zelenskyy
On August 23, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kyiv on an official trip.
During his meeting with Modi, Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine and India had agreed on four documents regarding cooperation between the two countries.
For more details on the reasons behind Modi's visit to Ukraine and its potential impact on the war, read the article by RBC-Ukraine.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that, according to Bloomberg, India has become the second-largest supplier of banned technologies to Russia after China.
