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Russia Ukraine Monitoring Desk Islamabad<\/p>\nRussia Ukraine Monitoring Desk Islamabad<\/p>\n
It was actually Zelenskyy who announced it – after a phone call with PM Modi on 9 November 2026, just a day before US-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy posted:”We discussed Russia’s blocking of grain exports via the Black Sea. India is ready to mediate in establishing food corridors, and we are counting on these efforts to continue.”<\/p>\n
Modi himself did not mention food corridors in his post. He only said India would contribute “in every possible way towards a peaceful resolution.”<\/p>\n
India’s MEA later confirmed on 10 Nov that India has been “engaged [with] both sides with certain ideas such as safety of shipping in the Black Sea, addressing immediate concerns of Russia and Ukraine on grain and energy exports, and non-attack possibilities.”<\/p>\n
So why is India getting involved now?<\/p>\n
Four reasons:<\/p>\n
1. India is directly hit
\nSunflower oil: India is the world’s biggest importer of vegetable oils, and buys most of its sunflower oil from Russia and Ukraine. In 2025-26, India imported 1.46 million tonnes from Russia and 443,000 tonnes from Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Since July, fighting around Black Sea ports has choked those exports. Sunflower oil imports fell to 108,837 tonnes in one month – the lowest since April 2022.<\/p>\n
Indian sailors killed: On 3 Nov, MEA said 5 Indian nationals had been killed in attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea and 2 more had gone missing.<\/p>\n
This is no longer just a European war for Delhi – it’s food prices at home and dead Indian seafarers.<\/p>\n