The 'glide bombs' are fitted with a navigation system telling them where to strike and are hard to intercept, making it a dangerous weapon in the ongoing war. The attack wounded at least 77 people, of whom 20 are in serious condition.
PM Modi visited Ukraine last week and discussed the situation there, among other topics, with US President Joe Biden on Monday. PM Modi is one of the few world leaders who has visited both Russia and Ukraine since the war broke out two-and-a-half years ago.
Zelenskyy's remarks came while addressing a press conference after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kyiv on Friday. He said that Putin will be forced to stop the war in Ukraine "if India changes its stance".
The visit comes amid ongoing conflict, with Ukrainian forces in Russia's western Kursk region and Russian advances in eastern Ukraine. Modi's visit follows a recent trip to Moscow, where he urged for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Zelenskyy visited the northeastern Sumy region on Thursday and said his troops had captured another settlement in Kursk. Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised a "worthy response" to Kyiv's unprecedented attack on Kursk over two weeks ago, which boosted Ukraine's morale.
"India does not believe in war, but in peace. India's concept is clear - this is not an era of war. This is the time to come together to deal with those challenges which pose the biggest threat to humanity," said PM Modi in Warsaw.
Ukraine launched an unprecedented cross-border incursion in Russia's southern Kursk region on August 6, catching Moscow off-guard. Russian MP Mikhail Sheremet blamed the West for aiding the attack and said it brought the world a step closer to a World War III.
The death toll in a massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Monday morning has risen to 20, local authorities said. The attack came nearly 24 hours before the NATO Summit was scheduled in Washington.
Orban, who is an outspoken critic of Western military aid to Ukraine and has the warmest relations of any EU leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin, held talks with Zelenskyy during his first trip to Kyiv in more than a decade.
The strike was conducted by an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead, according to Ukrainian officials. In addition to those killed in the attack, one man died of a stroke attributed to a strike while a pregnant woman and a four-year-old child were injured.
Russian forces slowly push forward along the around 1,000-kilometre front line as Ukraine is running out of options due to low ammunition and troops. Intense drone and artillery battles are raging across Ukraine as the war has now entered its third year.
The three Iskander cruise missiles launched by Russia struck an eight-storey building and damaged a hospital, an education facility and several cars. Ukraine is swiftly running out of options as vital funding from the US is currently blocked by Republicans.
According to the relatives of the victims, they were taken to Russia by a recruitment agency with the promise of a whopping salary of Rs 2.5 lakh.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kuleba is expected to seek India's support for a peace summit that is being planned in Switzerland within the next couple of months.
"We have learnt about the tragic death of an Indian national Shri Mohammed Asfan. We are in touch with the family and Russian authorities," the Indian Embassy in Russia wrote on X.
