‘Indians have weak mental capability’: Ukrainian politician says India, China are silly for not getting concerned in a battle in opposition to Russia

On Tuesday, twelfth September 2023, Ukranian politician and advisor to President Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak mentioned that Indians and Chinese have weak mental potential. He mentioned that the individuals from India and China don’t understand the results of their actions.

In a brand new low of diplomacy, the Ukrainian advisor to the President of the war-hit nation made weird claims about India and China in an interview that got here days after the profitable group of the G20 summit in Delhi. Mykhailo Podolyak mentioned, “What’s wrong with India, China, and so forth? The problem is that they are not analyzing the consequences of their steps, these countries have weak intellectual potential, unfortunately.”

Mykhailo Podolyak additional mentioned, “Yes, they invest in science. Yes, India has launched a lunar rover presently and is now trekking on the surface of the Moon, but that does not indicate that this country fully comprehends what the modern world is about.”

Ukranian politician and advisor to President Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, on the mental capability of the Indian and Chinese individuals. pic.twitter.com/bcf0IczeRy

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He made these statements in response to the place of India and China on the Russia-Ukraine battle. India has abstained from voting on a number of UN resolutions condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and continues its partnership with Russia, whereas extending humanitarian help to Ukraine and calling for peace talks. China has refused to affix the West in imposing sanctions on Russia and minimize ties, just like the West. The video clipping of the interview was making rounds on the web.

India has made it abundantly clear that it’ll prioritise the wants of its personal residents and won’t cease importing crude oil from Russia. India has additionally saved all communications and strategic partnership with Russia open. China has refused to toe Western sanctions and has improved commerce ties with Russia. Both the nations, collectively the house to over 3 billion individuals, have maintained that they won’t take part within the West’s battle in opposition to Russia.

Ironically, Ukraine, a smaller nation that has been engaged in an extended battle with Russia and has averted peace talks, getting 1000’s of its residents killed and the panorama ravaged, is giving classes on geopolitics to India and China, who’ve averted getting concerned in a battle that doesn’t concern them and are centered on financial development for his or her individuals.

This isn’t the primary prevalence of Ukrainian officers making derogatory feedback about Indians. In a earlier incident, the Indian neighborhood was deeply offended when Ukraine’s Defence Ministry posted a controversial picture of the Hindu goddess Kali. On 2nd May 2023, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs supplied her apologies for the Hinduphobic cartoon shared by the official Defense of Ukraine Twitter account. This Twitter submit was opposed by many Hindus on Twitter.

In the final month, Indian college students encountered difficulties in Ukrainian universities, the place they have been subjected to bullying and stress from native residents, compelling some to think about leaving the nation. Now, these offensive racist remarks from this Ukrainian politician Mykhailo Podolyak have recurred, additional exacerbating tensions.

Recently in an interview with the Economist, even Ukrainian President Zelenskyy himself was seen threatening Western nations to produce extra weapons, insinuating they if they don’t provide weapons to lengthen their battle with Russia, the Ukrainian refugees residing in these nations may flip violent.