External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that Europe has imported six times the fossil fuel energy from Russia than India has done since February 2022 and if a USD 60,000-per-capita society feels it needs to look after itself, they should not expect a USD 2,000-per-capita society to take a hit. A New York Times report titled Russias War Could Make It Indias World said that the invasion of Ukraine, compounding the effects of the pandemic, has contributed to the ascent of a giant that defies easy alignment.