Jaishankar Offers India Help to End Ukraine War in Kyiv — SkimNews
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- Jaishankar met Ukrainian President Zelensky and Foreign Minister Sybiha in Kyiv on Thursday, offering India's help to find a diplomatic solution and saying 'every passing day of conflict only means more deaths and more destruction.'
- The visit came days after PM Modi met Russian President Putin at the SCO summit in Bishkek, where Modi declared 'endless war must now give way to the end of war' — a formulation Jaishankar directly echoed.
- Jaishankar raised the killing of Indian sailors aboard commercial vessels targeted by both sides in the Black Sea, calling them 'among the unfortunate casualties' and linking their deaths to broader Global South shipping disruptions.
- Defending India's continued Russian oil purchases, Jaishankar said the war's resolution depends on 'dialogue, diplomacy and negotiation,' not on whether any country buys oil from Russia.
- Jaishankar warned that Black Sea shipping attacks are causing fuel, fertilizer, and food shortages for developing economies, framing India's stake as tied to Global South energy and food security.
- Over the past five years, India has sent 19 consignments of humanitarian relief to Ukraine, including generator sets, medicines, and medical equipment.
Why it matters: India is positioning itself as a diplomatic intermediary without sacrificing its Russian oil relationship — Jaishankar told Zelensky the conflict will end through dialogue, not through countries halting energy purchases. For the Global South, India is amplifying concrete shipping-disruption costs in the Black Sea, tying its own killed sailors to broader fuel, fertilizer, and food supply threats facing developing economies.
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