The latest development came as Moscow launched air strikes on Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv on Sunday, officials said, prompting neighbouring Poland's armed forces to activate aircraft to ensure airspace safety near the border.
PM Modi also assured President Zelenskyy of strengthening the relations between India and Ukraine besides promising support for peace and bringing an early end to the ongoing conflict.
Taking to social media, PM Modi said he emphasized working together to further strengthen the time-tested Special & Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia in the years to come.
The details were independently confirmed by four other sources, who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Another of the sources said Putin's trip to China would probably take place in the second half of May.
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.
Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a highly orchestrated landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times.
The elections indicate that Putin's popularity in Russia has risen to new heights despite the war in Ukraine, which has attracted international scorn. After the win, Putin warned that a Russia-NATO conflict would be one step away from World War Three as tensions are likely to escalate.
Partial results showed Putin winning 87 per cent of the votes in a contest without any serious opposition, extending his rule by six years surpassing that of Joseph Stalin. Other countries said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
The 71-year-old Russian leader faces three token rivals from Kremlin-friendly parties who have refrained from any criticism of his 24-year rule or his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
The final day will test the strength of the country's opposition, which called for all its supporters to vote at the same time at noon, in an action dubbed "Noon Against Putin."
Russia fired two Iskander-M missiles from the occupied Crimea peninsula that damaged civilian infrastructure and gas and electricity supply lines. Odesa has been targeted almost daily this month, as Russia aims to disrupt the export of goods.
The Russian Presidential elections this time will mark the election to use online voting — the option will be available in 27 Russian regions and Crimea, which Moscow illegally seized from Ukraine 10 years ago.
Commenting on Putin's words, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Washington understood that the Russian leader was restating Moscow's nuclear doctrine, but accused Russia of deploying "reckless and irresponsible" nuclear rhetoric throughout the Ukraine conflict.
Hundreds of Nepali citizens are reported fighting for the Russians against Ukraine. A small number of Nepali citizens are serving in the Ukrainian Army, too, but both conflicting nations have not shared the details with the government of Nepal.
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow is scheduled to hold Presidential elections from March 15-17. In charge of all the levers of state, incumbent Vladimir Putin, 71, is expected to easily win a landslide victory and another six-year term.
Pope Francis has said that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.
Regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has always condemned civilian killings and called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. In a major statement, PM Modi told President Putin that "this is not the era of war".
The foreign ministry said in a statement it would look out for what it called "subversive actions and the spread of information" related to the election and what the Kremlin calls its special military operation in Ukraine.
Kasparov, the world's youngest chess champion in 1985, has been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin's government and fled Russia in 2013 fearing persecution. He called his inclusion in Russia's terrorist list an "honour that says more about Putin's fascist regime than about me".
Navalny's sudden death on February 16 at Penal Colony No. 3 in the town of Kharp, in the Yamalo-Nenets region, stunned global leaders, and many accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of murdering him. However, the Kremlin has denied any state involvement in Navalny's death.
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