New Delhi ¨C Caught between its growing military ties with the U.S. amid China¡¯s rise and historical relations with Russia, India continues to walk a fine line on the war in Ukraine more than two months after Moscow¡¯s invasion began.
New Delhi has joined much of the world in calling for an end to violence, but it has yet to denounce Moscow or Russian President Vladimir Putin, a neutral stance that was laid bare with its abstention from a United Nations Security Council resolution denouncing Russia¡¯s war in the days following the start of the invasion.
That has put India, which fears harming historically close ties with Russia, at odds with its partners in ¡°the Quad¡± security grouping, which have all denounced Russia for the war and accused Moscow of committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians. India is the only Quad member that hasn¡¯t slapped sanctions on Russia for its invasion.
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