Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday following the Russian attack on Ukraine, sources have said to ndtv.com.
Modi is currently holding a meeting with important cabinet ministers on the economic impact folowing the Russian attack on Ukraine. They will also explore ways to avert any crisis related to rising crude oil prices, acording to ndtv.com.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and some key are part of the meeting.
Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south.
Russian military said it had knocked out Ukraine's air defence assets and airbases, reports AP. PTI
Markets have suffered due to the Russian attack. Equity benchmark Sensex crashed over 2,700 points on Thursday following a severe sell-off in global markets after Russia launched a military offensive against Ukraine.
The 30-share BSE gauge plunged about 2,850 points during the session before closing at 54,529.91, registering a massive fall of 2,702.15 points or 4.72 per cent.
Likewise, the NSE barometer Nifty nosedived 815.30 points or 4.78 per cent to end at 16,247.95.
This was also the seventh straight session of decline for both the indices.
On the Sensex chart, all 30 shares suffered heavy losses, with IndusInd Bank, M&M and Bajaj Finance shedding as much as 8 per cent.
Russian troops launched wide-ranging military attacks on Ukraine on Thursday after Moscow cast aside international sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to "consequences you have never seen".
Globally, stocks plunged and oil prices surged by more than USD 5 per barrel amid intensifying Ukraine crisis, which experts believe may roil the global economy.