Key Points
PM Modi called Russian President Vladimir Putin twice and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once for the safe passage of Indian students from theatres of war -- Kharkiv and Sumy...
Jaishankar narrated two instances of PM Modi speaking to Putin to ensure that Russian firing was halted so that Indian students could be evacuated safely...
"I was there sitting with Prime Minister Modi while he spoke to President Putin," Jaishankar said.. "PM Modi told Putin, 'Our people are getting out, we need to get them out, please stop the firing'," the minister told The Lallantop...
"The Russian artillery stopped firing in the direction in which our students were headed," said Jaishankar, giving testimony to the fact that PM Modi's call to President Putin indeed got the firing halted...
Though the fighting was halted in specific locations after PM Modi's calls for safe passage for Indians, the overall war between Russia and Ukraine, which is going on multiple fronts, was never stopped...
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