Comparison of Russian invasion of Ukraine with 'Mughal massacre against Rajputs' ..



 ISLAMABAD: At a time when Russia is continuing its attacks on Ukraine, Ukraine's ambassador to New Delhi visited the Foreign Office to seek India's support.  ۔  However, in the meantime, his statement in the Indian media has created a new controversy.




 After visiting the Indian Foreign Ministry office, Ukrainian Ambassador Dr. Igor Polikha compared Russian attacks on his country to "Mughal massacre against Rajputs".



 An Indian student was killed in a shelling in Ukraine yesterday and he had met Indian officials in the background.


 What did the Ambassador of Ukraine say?


 Dr. Igor Polikha said his country urges every influential world leader to help stop the Russian military operation and use all possible means against Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop these attacks.



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 He told an Indian news agency about the attacks, "They are like a massacre planned by the Mughals against the Rajputs.  We are urging all influential world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to use all possible means against Putin to stop the bombing and shelling.



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 Regarding his meeting with Indian Foreign Ministry officials, Polikha said that the modalities of the humanitarian assistance that India was going to provide to Ukraine were discussed.  "We are grateful to India for initiating this assistance," he said.  The first plane will land in Poland today.  The Foreign Secretary assured me that maximum humanitarian assistance would be provided to Ukraine.



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 Polikha also expressed condolences over the death of Naveen Shekhar Appa, a medical student from the Indian state of Karnataka, who was killed on Tuesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine.  He alleged that earlier Russian attacks were limited to military bases but now they are also taking place in urban areas.



 Distorted history and provocative statements


 Some analysts in India say that the Ukrainian ambassador's statement regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not correct, saying that it is "like the massacre of the Mughals against the Rajputs."



 According to him, such things are an attempt to distort history and gain the support of the people here.


 Talking to DW Urdu, senior journalist Sanjay Kapoor said that first of all, all such things said about the history of Mughals are unverified and the Ukrainian ambassador said,  He has tried to get the opinion of a class in his favor.



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 He said that a large section of the Indian people is with Ukraine in this matter, but his statement, while "far from historical facts, is also provocative."  Its purpose is to use the rhetoric of a certain section of India to its advantage. "



 Sanjay Kapoor has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accusing Ukraine of having some neo-Nazi ideologues.



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 India has so far neither openly supported the position of the United States nor European countries on the Ukraine crisis, nor has it made any statement in favor of Russia.  New Delhi is engaged in a struggle to maintain its traditional balance between Moscow and the West.



 In a UN Security Council resolution last week condemning Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine, India preferred to abstain rather than vote.  Moscow praised India's move, but Ukraine was unhappy and the United States approached India with concerns.