Modi tells Putin that the ‘heart bleeds’ when innocent children are killed

India’s prime minister told Vladimir Putin that the death of innocent children was ‘painful’ and ‘terrifying’, a day after a lethal Russian strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv. Moments earlier the Russian president had welcomed Narendra Modi to the Kremlin with a warm statement on the importance of the strategic ties between the two countries. Referring to Ukraine, Modi urged Putin to find a ‘path to peace only through talks’
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