Modi Urges Putin to End Ukraine War at SCO Summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to work toward ending the war in Ukraine during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, August 31, 2026. The meeting, which lasted nearly 30 minutes, focused on the Ukraine conflict and the broader trajectory of India-Russia relations. Modi told Putin that India supports all peaceful efforts to resolve the conflict and called for a shift from "endless wars to the end of war." He emphasized that a peaceful resolution to all issues is the call of humanity and the message from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Gautam Buddha.