India condemns killings in Ukraine's Bucha in apparent hardening of stance

[BeyondGeography]

NEW DELHI, April 5 (Reuters) - India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha and called for an independent investigation, having earlier declined to explicitly criticise the invasion of Ukraine by its long-time partner Russia.

…”Recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing," T.S. Tirumurti, India's permanent representative to the United Nations, told a meeting of the Security Council.

"We unequivocally condemn these killings and support the call for an independent investigation."

Tirumurti delivered his speech shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a phone conversation with India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The United States has repeatedly urged India to condemn Russia's aggression since the Feb. 24 invasion.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india-condemns-killings-ukraines-bucha-apparent-hardening-stance-2022-04-05/

[BootinUp]

1. Score another coffin nail for Putin. Nt

[CanonRay]

2. About f'ing time

the world's largest democracy spoke out

[Tetrachloride]

3. They sat on their hands from day 1 and still are. Call for independent investigation?

Is that all they can do

[Crunchy Frog]

4. I wonder if India's getting concerned about the potential ramifications

of a major disruption in Ukrainian agriculture.

[BeyondGeography]

5. We've been playing them off China

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Singh and Blinken…pretty good 1-2 punch.