In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace each other during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
CNN reporter describes outrage after photo of Modi and Putin is released

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized his Indian counterpart’s visit to Moscow after Prime Minister Modi and Vladimir Putin were photographed hugging on the same day that a Russian missile struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace each other during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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