India, Sept. 8 -- Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit in China meant sanctions on Russia backfiring, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky backed the idea of the United States to put tariffs on countries who have trade ties with Moscow, calling it a "right idea".

"I think the idea to put tariffs on countries who continue to make deals with Russia is a right idea," Zelensky said in an interview with ABC News, when asked about the Modi-Putin meeting.

The interviewer had asked Zelensky, "You saw the meeting this week though between Modi, and Putin and Xi... President Trump has said they have gone to the dark side with China...when you saw Modi there, who has helped Russ...