Russia welcomes India’s contribution to end Ukraine crisis: Kremlin spokesperson

Per week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his call for an end to the Ukraine-Russia war on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, in a digital press interplay with the Indian media on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), mentioned that each India and Russia desire a peaceable finish to the battle that has continued for greater than 4 and a half years. Mr. Peskov supplied a constructive outlook for the upcoming BRICS Summit, to be held in New Delhi on September 12-13, and introduced that President Vladimir Putin will maintain talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi forward of the summit, and welcomed India’s contribution to finish the battle.

“We all know the place of India on the Ukrainian battle, and to a fantastic extent, it corresponds with our personal place, as a result of we do need the answer of the Ukrainian battle by peaceable means, and Russia is open to this course of,” Mr. Peskov mentioned, including, “We welcome the willingness of the Indian facet to contribute.”

Mr. Peskov famous that there are Indian residents who’re on the entrance traces with Ukraine, saying that Russia has requested for a listing of such people, whom India claims had been fraudulently lured to struggle in Ukraine on Russia’s behalf. “They are going to be despatched again,” Mr. Peskov mentioned. The Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) mentioned that there are round 24 Indian residents who proceed to stay within the Russian armed forces and are engaged within the Russia-Ukraine frontlines.

Mr. Peskov mentioned Mr. Modi and Mr. Putin will meet on Friday (September 11, 2026) forward of the BRICS Summit, and added, “Like at all times, they’ll contact on the bilateral agenda. Commerce and financial cooperation have a really extensive scope.” He referred to the challenges of sanctions from the U.S. for Indian vitality purchases from Russia. “You already know that a number of points can’t be mentioned publicly, having some unfriendly international locations which might be attempting to place obstacles in the best way of additional growth of our cooperation. So, it’s being mentioned discreetly, however in a really, very constructive method,” Mr. Peskov mentioned.

India has been arguing that the acquisition of Russian oil is a coverage that’s taken in mild of the vitality necessities of the Indian folks. Mr. Peskov exuded confidence about a rise within the bilateral vitality commerce. “I received’t offer you a determine. Each month now we have a brand new report,” he mentioned. He referred to the U.S.’s Russia Sanctions Invoice, which seeks to impose sanctions on international locations that do vitality commerce with Russia, as “unlawful, unfair, unacceptable”.

On the expectations and challenges forward of the BRICS Summit that will likely be chaired by India this time, Mr. Peskov mentioned that BRICS shouldn’t be “anti-Western”, and that it’s a grouping of nations that share an outlook. He additional confirmed that President Putin will meet Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the summit. Earlier, in Might 2026, large variations between Iran and the UAE had prevented the BRICS International Ministers’ assembly from popping out with a joint assertion, and there are lingering emotions that these variations may hamper a joint assertion on the summit. Mr. Peskov referred to hostilities between Iran and the UAE, saying Russia is a “good good friend” of each international locations, and that Moscow is able to contribute in normalisation of ties, if crucial.