Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi can help end the war with Russia. “This is of great value to them in any conflict. This is of great value to India,” he said in an exclusive interview with The Times of India.
Recently, at the BRICS summit, PM Modi had expressed his desire to work for peace in the context of the Ukraine war. Sharing his views on the Prime Minister’s speech, Zelensky said, “Modi is truly the Prime Minister of a huge country – from the point of view of population, influence, influence and economy. Such a country cannot simply say that it is interested in ending the war. We are all interested in this. All leaders will tell you tomorrow that they would like to end the war… This is very normal, especially for a huge country like India.
The Ukrainian President asserted that countries like India could easily end the war by blocking the Russian economy.
“The real impact of blocking the Russian economy, blocking cheap energy resources, blocking Russia’s defense-industrial complex will be to reduce Moscow’s ability to wage war against us,” he said. “Twenty great economies can put Putin in his place to end the war. They can do this. Not only encouraging him but on the contrary slowing down all his desires and you don’t have to say that we want peace. You need to take action because the daily war is killing people,” he said.
On what India can do specifically for Ukrainian children, he said PM Modi should bring back at least 1,000 children who were forcibly deported. “You can join the Coalition to Bring Back the Children. You can call Putin and ask who he is. You can force him to bring back the children. Prime Minister Modi can do this. He really has a huge impact. He can only tell specifically how many Ukrainian children will be given to me so that I can bring them back to Ukraine. Say this directly. Give me 1,000 children who will be brought back to Ukraine. This is the real step. Let PM Modi bring back at least 1,000.
Zelensky said, if every influential person like Prime Minister Modi can bring back 1,000, we will be able to bring back most of our children, that is what needs to be done.
“You need to raise this issue in the G20 meeting,” he said.
