Russia is unable to honour its arms delivery commitments to India because of the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said, placing a potential strain on New Delhi's relationship with its largest defence supplier as Moscow attempts to ramp up weapons production.
An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a "major delivery" from Moscow "is not going to take place."
CNN has contacted the Russian Embassy in New Delhi but did not receive a response at the time of publishing.The biggest ongoing delivery is the S-400 Triumf air defence system units India bought in 2018 for $5.4 billion. Three of these systems have been delivered and two more are awaited, Reuters reported.
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a large-scale effort to build up capacity to produce more weapons for the war in a move he said was "urgently needed." "I think it underscores the problems that has been bedevilling this relationship for quite some time," he added. "And the Ukraine crisis has accelerated the trend that India, for a very long time, has been trying to diversify, and was concerned about its over-dependence on Russia."
Last September, a US State Department official said Washington was in "deep" talks with India over its reliance on Russian arms and energy. New Delhi has refused to condemn Moscow's brutal assault in various United Nations resolutions. And rather than cutting economic ties with the Kremlin, India has undermined Western sanctions by increasing its purchases of Russian oil, coal and fertilizer.
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