Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022.
  • India asked G20 members not to label Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "war" in meetings last week.
  • But India appears to have failed its mission, after a joint press release called the attack "a war."
  • India has not imposed sanctions on Russia and is still buying Russian oil.

India appears to have failed in its mission to stop G20 countries from calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "war."