Modi to visit Ukraine, weeks after Kyiv condemned Indian PM for hugging Putin in Moscow

Aishwarya S Iyer and Alex Stambaugh, August 19 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Ukraine , officials said Monday, weeks after he made his first trip to Moscow since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

His forthcoming visit to Ukraine - also his first since the start of the war – comes at a crucial moment, as Kyiv’s troops push further into Russian territory in a shock military offensive that stunned even Kyiv’s closest allies.