Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called the Modi government’s decision to buy cheap oil from Russia “morally inappropriate”, saying that the deal is at the expense of Ukrainians.

In an interview with NDTV, he said, “We understand that the Indian government acts in the best interest of the people of India, there is nothing wrong about that. But while doing so, we expect the Indian government to remember and to keep in mind that it has the opportunity to provide the Indian population with cheaper commodities, because people in Ukraine are dying.” As per the UN, 17,181 civilians have been killed in the war as of December 4.