Putin may lose the largest buyer of Russian weapons through battles against Ukraine - isw

Analysts have stated that the Russian Federation could not produce missiles and artillery ammunition at a level that was a full -scale invasion, which makes it unlikely the possibility of exporting military equipment. India intends to distance from Russia, its main weapons supplier, since the war in Ukraine has limited the Kremlin's ability to supply ammunition to this country. Analysts of the American Institute for War Study (ISW) reported.

Unnamed sources in the Indian Government reported Reuters in an article of January 28 that India would act with caution in order to avoid the convergence of the Russian Federation with China. The expert from Russia Oberver Research Foundation Nandan Unicarsrishnan told Reuters that India is unlikely to sign "any major military agreement" with Russia, as it will cross the "red line" with the United States.

In addition, the expert of the Indian Government Analytical Center of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses Swasty Rao said that the war in Ukraine raised in India doubts about Russia's ability to provide this country with the necessary spare parts.

ISW analysts have stated that they regularly observe that the Russian Federation continues to deal with the problems of repairing aircraft and other equipment and cannot produce missiles and artillery ammunition at the pre -war level to use them on their own. This, according to experts, makes Russia's unlikely the possibility of exporting of military equipment for India or other clients at the level that was before the full -scale war.

The ISW also added that Russian President Vladimir Putin recently noted the Russian-Indian economic and military-technical cooperation during a meeting with India Minister of India. Analysts believe that this leader of the Russian Federation probably tried to emphasize the positive Russian-Indian relations against the backdrop of concern of the aggressor country by the fact that India is trying to diversify its defense partners.