Igor Polikha who is the Ukraine’s ambassador to India compared Russia’s military campaign against his country Ukraine to the “massacre arranged by the Mughals against Rajputs”.
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He said to ANI, “It’s like the massacre arranged by the Mughals against Rajputs. We are asking all influential world leaders, among them Modi Ji, to use every resource against Putin to stop bombing and shelling.
Post the death of the Indian student, Naveen Shekarappa, Polikha paid a visit to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and said his country was urging every influential world leader, one of them being Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to use all possible resources against Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the attack.
It's like the massacre arranged by Mughals against Rajputs. We are asking every time all influential world leaders, among them Modi Ji, to use every resource against Putin to stop bombing and shelling: Dr Igor Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine to India on #RussiaUkraineCrisis pic.twitter.com/vTtCsBu6IH
— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2022
Regarding his meeting with MEA officials, Polikha said discussions were held on modalities of humanitarian aid being provided to Ukraine by India. “We are grateful to India for starting this aid. The first plane is expected to land in Poland today. I was assured by the foreign secretary that Ukraine will get maximum humanitarian aid,” he added.