Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that India and China supported "peaceful dialogue" in Ukraine, a month after their leaders appeared to differ with him over the conflict at a summit in Uzbekistan last month.
Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war. “I know that today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this,” Modi told Putin at a televised meeting.
“I know your position on the conflict in Ukraine, the concerns that you constantly express,” Putin said. “We will do everything to stop this as soon as possible.”
However, Putin today said that he has no regrets about the conflict in Ukraine that has killed hundreds of people, destroyed many cities and displaced millions. Further the Russian President, who has been facing sanctions from the West for the invasion, said that he feels his country was doing the right thing.
"It wasn't Russia's objective to destroy Ukraine," Putin said while speaking at a press conference in Kazakh capital Astana.
On Friday, Putin also said that more 'massive' missile strikes against Ukraine not necessary. The statement comes days after he bombarded the war-hit country with missiles, leaving 19 dead and several other injured. The missile attack was the broadest since war broke out in February this year.
The Russian President said that the country has no plans to expand a mobilisation of reservists to bolster its Ukraine invasion, after an earlier draft sparked panic and an exodus from the country.
Russia, on Monday, unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple cities, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed. 19 people were killed and over a hundred others were injured in the fresh missile attacks which halted power and water supply in the country which has been showing a stronger-than-expected offensive.