Current Context : Recently, India’s PM Narendra Modi has been welcomed to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the first visit to the country by an Indian prime minister since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

• Modi and Putin agreed to increase bilateral trade to $100bn by 2030, increasing investments, eliminating nontariff trade barriers and using national currencies to circumvent sanctions.

SIGNED FOUR AGREEMENTS AND MOUS

• Cooperation in the fields of Agriculture and Food Industry.
• Humanitarian Grant Assistance for implementation of High Impact Community Development Projects
• Cultural cooperation and an agreement on medicines and drugs.

Provided four BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita & Maitri) Cubes

• Each BHISHM Cube consists of medicines and equipment for the first line of care for all kinds of injuries and medical situations.

ABOUT UKRAINE

• Location : Eastern Europe
• Boundary : bordered by Belarus to the north, Russia to the northeast and east, and several European countries including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania to the west.
• Capital : Kyiv is the capital and the largest city
• Major cities : Lviv, Odessa, and Kharkiv.
• Currency : Hryvnia (also spelled grivna)
• President : Volodymyr Zelenskyy