India and Russia share a "stable and very friendly" relationship and Moscow has "never hurt out interests", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told German daily Handelsblatt this week, defending long-standing ties between the two nations as the West pushes to end the war in Ukraine. The comments come amid muffled whispers New Delhi might help resolve violence that, according to United States intelligence from December suggests has killed over 70,000 - civilian and military.