New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Ahead of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India, Herve Delphin, European Union (EU) Envoy to India, highlighted how the relationship between the bloc and India has grown in the past few years despite the Russian question and said India to factor in "Russia an aggressor".

Speaking here in the national capital, Delphin said, "There is a clear aggressor. Russia has been invading a neighbouring country. We have drones flying off, subsea cables cut off. All is documented. So, Russia is an aggressor, not just towards a country which has invaded, but has really declared itself hostile to Europe's interests. So I think India has to factor that in."

He added, "I think as much as European countries would do, w...