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U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that India volition not beryllium buying lipid from Russia, saying that New Delhi has already “de-escalated” and “more oregon little stopped” its lipid purchases from Moscow.
While speaking to the media during a bilateral luncheon with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, connected Friday (October 17, 2025), Mr. Trump said, “India volition not beryllium buying lipid from Russia, they person already de-escalated and they person much oregon little stopped.” “They are pulling back. They person bought astir 38 per cent of the oil, and they won’t beryllium doing it anymore.”
India connected Thursday (October 16, 2025) said it is “broad-basing and diversifying” its sourcing of vigor to conscionable marketplace conditions, hours aft US President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him that New Delhi volition halt procuring Russian crude oil.
Washington has been maintaining that India is helping Vladimir Putin to concern the warfare done its acquisition of Russian crude oil.
The relations betwixt New Delhi and Washington person been reeling nether terrible accent aft Mr. Trump doubled tariffs connected Indian goods to a whopping 50%, including a 25% further work for India’s acquisition of Russian crude oil.
India described the U.S. enactment arsenic “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable”.
Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has erstwhile again repeated his claims astir resolving the warfare betwixt India and Pakistan, adding that Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has said, “I person saved millions of lives.”
“The Prime Minister of Pakistan said I saved millions of lives by interceding … you look astatine Pakistan and India arsenic an illustration that would person been a atrocious 1 for 2 atomic nations,” the U.S. President said.
Since May 10, erstwhile Mr. Trump announced connected societal media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire aft a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, helium has repeated his assertion dozens of times that helium “helped settle” the struggle betwixt India and Pakistan.
India has consistently maintained that the knowing connected cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached pursuing nonstop talks betwixt the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 militaries.
India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7, targeting panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir successful retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam onslaught that killed 26 civilians.
India and Pakistan reached an knowing connected May 10 to extremity the struggle aft 4 days of aggravated cross-border drone and rocket strikes.
