Ukraine reacts after India defends Russian oil purchase: 'Morally inappropriate' | Latest News India

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Ukraine reacts after India defends Russian oil purchase: 'Morally inappropriate'On Monday, India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar said his country's costs were being driven up by European countries now buying up more oil and gas from the Middle East.Ukraine's foreign minister condemned India's ramping up of Russian oil purchases following Moscow's invasion as "morally inappropriate" in an interview broadcast Tuesday.Also Read| Russia's defence minister says Ukraine committing 'nuclear terrorism'But Ukraine's Dmytro Kuleba told Indian broadcaster NDTV it was "completely wrong" to justify buying oil from Russia "by arguing that Europeans were doing the same".The government says that with millions of poor Indians hit hard by the global rise in commodity prices in the wake of the war, it has no choice but to buy the cheapest oil possible.On Monday, India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar said his country's costs were being driven up by European countries now buying up more oil and gas from the Middle East."

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