over the weekend in india s capital delhi, including global food security, climate change, trade and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t derail concerns of the global south and developing countries. in one of his first official duties as host, mr modi met with us presidentjoe biden for a 52 minute meeting. the two leaders discussed india s recent moon landing and investments in indian technology. they released a joint promise to deepen their relationship saying it was, quote, based on trust and mutual understanding. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye is in delhi and has more. ahead of the 620 summit, we saw presidentjoe biden meeting with indian prime minister narendra modi and soon after that meeting, the trade disputes between the two countries wa
we are just getting some more breaking news in right now, and it s potentially very significant. i want to remind you american officials and other european officials have repeatedly warned any russian military action might begin with some sort of false pretext. with that in mind russian state media is now reporting this is new coming in . russian state media now reporting ukrainian security forces have begun shelling the eastern city of donetsk. that is the claim being made by russian mead mu. we obviously can t independently verify this. first of all, can you just these reports by russian media about explosions in donetsk, and it s from russian media, and we want to stress the very real possibility this is part of a pretext. but we can t independently confirm what s happening in
million from kiev but says that only covers about a day s worth of gas. kiev has preserved supplies and europe could send gas to ukraine if necessary. in the epicenter of the conflict, the cease-fire between ukraine and russian-backed separatists is mostly holding. but it s on a hair trigger. both sides have been pulling back their heavy weapons, but they also say they could move them quickly back into position if either side violates the deal. cnn s diana magnay is inside the shattered eastern city of donetsk and reports the truce is givening civilians a chance to giving civilians a chance to clean up and assess what s left of their broken lives. reporter: there s not much life on these trashed streets. nearly ever home s been hit. a few elderly men left making sandbags. when was the last time that this area got badly hit? translator: yesterday.
the economy and cool all of the tensions. leland vitter, live for us in the hotly contested eastern city of donetsk. how are you being received on the ground there? reporter: here, where we are, folks say they don t really care what the vice president does or where he visits. they view the government in kiev as illegitimate. for leaders in kiev, it is seen very much as a lifeline. look at this though through the cold waresque lens that s starting to be fixed on this crisis here. you have an east verse west setup but the east in terms of president putin and moscow is willing to risk and promise a whole lot more to the people he supports here in the eastern part of the country than the united states is and the rest of europe. the western part of ukraine remember, it was president putin who s said he was willing to use military force to protect those people who are russian supporters here in eastern
its pledge to curb the violence in ukraine. meanti meantime, tensions in that eastern part of the country remain very high. there is international condemnation for fliers reportedly handed out by masked pro-russian separatists, ordering jews in the city of donetsk to register with authorities. the authenticity of these fliers very much in question. cnn s phil black is live in that city for us this morning. phil, what s the latest? reporter: what we know is someone is trying to inject anti-semitism into this ongoing political crisis, someone on the ground here in the city of donetsk, because it was outside the city synagogue earlier on this week that four masked men were seen distributing these fliers. and the chief rabbi of the synagogue tells us that when he looked at these fliers, read them, he was shocked. because as you said it demanded all jewish people over the age of 16 in this region register their identities, property and vehicle ownership, and it said this was necessary bec