A day after India cleared the air that no conversation took place between the US President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Donald Trump repeated his claim that New Delhi is “not going to be buying Russian oil anymore.” During a bilateral lunch with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House on Friday, the Republican leader reiterated his comments about PM Modi’s “assurance” to halt Russian oil imports.

Trump told reporters that India had “already de-escalated and more or less stopped” its oil purchases and is now pulling back entirely. “India is not going to be buying Russian oil anymore, and Hungary is sort of stuck because they have one pipeline that’s been there for years, and they’re inland; they don’t have sea, and I spoke with their leader… but India will not be bu

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