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After holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the leaders signalled that Ukraine should be granted European Union candidate status.
Wimbledon's move to ban them from the tournament which begins later this month prompted the men's ATP and women's WTA Tours to strip the grasscourt Grand Slam of its ranking points.
The Parents Association of Ukraine MBBS Students had written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh government on the issue on June 10, in which it said that there are 2400 medical students in Uttar Pradesh alone while there are about 16,000 students across the country, most of them are now in depression.
However, the Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified, and Moscow said its own forces were making gains there.
The move comes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine for which Belarus has been a key staging area.
Zelenskyy's criticism of the West has mounted in recent days as the European Union moves slowly towards a possible Russian oil embargo and as thousands of Russian forces try to encircle two key eastern cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk.
The move by the All England Lawn Tennis Club is the first time players have been banned on grounds of nationality since the immediate post-World War Two era.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's comments assume significance as they come in the backdrop of the lingering border row between India and China.
According to the Ukrainian Education Ministry, there had been 18,095 Indian students studying there before the Russian invasion.
Counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Pratik Mathur said that India continues to remain deeply concerned at the worsening situation in Ukraine and reiterated the call for the immediate cessation of violence and end to hostilities.
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