Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, just weeks after Modi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Modi has called on both parties to “return to peace” as he attempts to push a diplomatic resolution to Russia’s invasion.
This comes amid reports of intense fighting in the eastern Ukrainian town of New York. Putin has accused Ukraine of trying to attack a nuclear plant in Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have been making major advances following its surprise incursion earlier this month.
President Vladimir Putin: “The enemy tried to strike at the Kursk nuclear power station last night. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed. They promise to come themselves, to send specialists to assess the situation. I hope that, in the end, this will be done on their part.”
U.N. nuclear agents will visit Russia’s Kursk plant next week.