Ukraine

  Is Russia in trouble? It is. In a manner of speaking, Vladimir Putin, till the start of 2022 had about him all the signs of a master strategist and a ruthlessly efficient man – a leader that had clear portions of the kind of boldness that China lacked, or the intelligence that the West […]

  NEW DELHI: Germany has ruled out the possibility of expansion of the elite power block G7 at the moment, German Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Dr Tobias Lindner said on Thursday. “Honestly, I’m not sure. It’s not the debate at the moment, to be honest. It’s the same like looking, for instance, at […]

NEW DELHI: Despite the European Union (EU) asking energy companies not to comply with Russia’s demand to be paid in rubles for its natural gas, four European gas buyers have reportedly paid in rubles as President Vladimir Putin demanded. In a report published in Bloomberg, a person close to Russian gas giant Gazprom had opined […]

  NEW DELHI: Countering the criticism of India’s position on Ukraine, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the Western powers have been oblivious to the pressing challenges facing Asia. Dr Jaishankar said that the crisis in Ukraine could be a ‘wake-up call’ for Europe to also look at what has been […]

  NEW DELHI: In what could be a defining statement vis-à-vis India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rightly stated that while the country wants to be friends with the West, it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders. India has steadfastly resisted the West’s attempt to limit its bilateral relations with […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, interacted with the officials of Indian missions and community organisations and commended them for facilitating speedy and dignified evacuation of the stranded Indians from besieged Ukraine. Four union ministers tasked with evacuating Indians from the neighbouring states of Ukraine — namely, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for […]

The killing of a freelance filmmaker-journalist in Ukraine on Sunday stirred up some long-latent memories. I was reminded of the day I learnt the meaning of the word, speechless. I couldn’t utter a sound, try as hard as I might. Not for several interminable minutes. It was the summer of ‘94, and I had just […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Ministers of three European countries — Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia — will visit Kyiv as representatives of the European Council today to show “unequivocal support” to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Janez Jansa of Slovenia, and Prime Minister Mateusz Moawiecki of […]

India has decided to shift its diplomatic mission from Ukraine to neighbouring Poland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.  Since the war escalated in Ukraine, the Indian Embassy was shifted to Lviv from the capital Kyiv, the spokesperson of MEA informed The New Indian. This development occurred soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed India’s security on the outbreak of  […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting of the Cabinet Committe on Security (CCS) on Sunday to review India’s security preparedness, and the prevailing global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi instructed the attending members that all possible efforts should be taken to bring back the […]