<h1>Diplomatic appeal: Ukraine seeks India's contribution to ending the war with Russia through strengthened diplomacy.</h1> Ukraine urged India to contribute to ending the war with Russia through reinforced diplomatic engagement and dialogue, with President Zelenskyy thanking Prime Minister Modi for bilateral greetings and emphasizing that strengthened diplomacy enhances regional and broader international security. The piece also situates the appeal amid contemporaneous trade-policy tensions, noting a looming deadline for punitive tariffs imposed by the United States related to India's purchases of Russian crude, thereby linking diplomatic outreach to wider geopolitical and economic dynamics.