Trump accuses India, China of funding Ukraine war via Russian oil

China and India are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war by continuing to purchase Russian oil, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday in his address to the UN General Assembly.

The Trump administration has imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on New Delhi as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil, taking the total levies imposed on India by the US to 50 per cent, among the highest in the world.

“China



and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil,” Trump said in his over an hour-long address at the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly

India has called the tariffs imposed by the US “unjustified and unreasonable”.

India has said that, like any major economy, it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security.