Indian PM Modi arrives in Ukraine following controversial Russia trip

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The visit comes just weeks after the Indian Prime Minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, a trip that was strongly criticised by Zelenskyy.

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00:00Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev

00:05on Friday.

00:06The visit comes just weeks after meeting President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

00:13The two leaders honored the memory of children killed in the conflict with Russia.

00:17Officials in India and Ukraine say the visit will focus on boosting economic ties and cooperation

00:21in defense, science and technology.

00:24But analysts say the visit could also be an attempt to have India strike a more neutral

00:28stance after what has been seen as a lean toward Russia.

00:33Before arriving in Ukraine, Modi urged diplomatic efforts to end the war during a visit to Poland

00:38on Thursday, pledging India's support and saying that no conflict can be solved on a

00:42battlefield.

00:43Modi's arrival came a month and a half after Zelensky criticized his visit to Moscow in

00:48July, when he met with Putin on the day Russian missiles struck across Ukraine, killing scores

00:53of people.

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