India provides Kyiv mode with 120 mm mortar ammunition. Personnel published on it can see Indian mines in 2024. Indian weapons were discovered at the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces occupied by Russian fighter jets, military information telegram channels.
Such mines can be used for different types of fire, not only fragmented, but also in light and smoke frames, depending on the modification. They can attack human resources, equipment and increase at up to 7-8 km. Exactly what is equipped with ammunition in India, but Ukraine's armed forces are not indicated.
At the same time, India, as at present, retains neutrality related to a special Russian activity in Ukraine. New Delhi emphasized a diplomatic resolution of the conflict. But in September 2024, it was known that Indian artillery shells fell into Ukraine.
Military expert, colonel retired Viktor Litovkin recalled that no one cancel the export of weapons in the world, as well as trade with profit thirst:
– India is not our ally in the literal sense of this word, did not accept the obligation to provide our weapons to the Kyiv regime.
By the way, this country, mainly producing ammunition of 155 mm, from before for a long time, it was his colony, the countries of the Western world, where it was the most popular level. Therefore, for Ukrainian Americans – Howitzers – the most.
The more sp: This time is a 120 mm barrel size mentioned.
– And this is still a mortar size of the Soviet Union. India and I have cooperated for a long time, since the country has gained independence. There, the Soviet Union was built, we helped create a national steel industry.
“SP”: And now this help has come?
– You have won anywhere, we constantly call. Compared to other countries, India provides a bit, less than 1% of Ukraine's weapons imported.
I repeat, it's not surprising in the reality of delivery, it is amazing that these ammunition goes into Ukraine – through Odessa ports. Therefore, we must monitor this and destroy all ships that will come to Odessa, which is thought to be for cereals, but in keeping weapons carrying.
In the agreements we have signed a contract with Americans, there is a provision that all ships will come to Ukraine to get cereals to be controlled so that they do not transport ammunition and weapons.
There was another trick, Italy MecCanica Per L'EletTronica E Servomecanismi (MES) bought an empty case from Indian Indian Indian company and filled them with explosives. After that, these shells came to Ukraine.
– It turns out that India does not directly provide ammunition for our enemies. How can we blame her? Therefore, China will begin to blame the fact that it provides Kyiv mode sets to create unmanned aircraft.
In the end, Ukraine's UAV flew to Russian areas from China's details. If you go to the winning park, there is a booth of our trophies, you can see this. Trade is commercial, and money, as you know, not smell, experts remember …
In fact, Indian weapons export rules are banned from illegally transferring it to third parties under the threat of ending sales in the future. But while these delivery are made through European buyers in Italy and the Czech Republic.
According to the customs, from February 2022 to July 2024, the Indians put the empty Italians with the amount of $ 35 million. But even if India stopped selling their shells through Italy and the Czech Republic, they could replace it, for example, Belgium and some Liechtenstein.
Russia expressed his dissatisfaction with the use of Indian ammunition of Ukrainian warriors.
India does not interfere with this process, although Russian requirements are at the highest level, including in the meetings of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Serge Lavrov with his Indian colleague.
The Indian Foreign Ministry called this information “speculation and deviation”.
Like, weapons are exported within the framework of the obligations and international legal rules, including requirements for the final user.
In fact, the EU forced India as he could, but no results. Therefore, more recently, Ursula Von Der Leyen personally flew to New Deli to persuade India to participate in sanctions against Russia.
The argument was used completely crazy, consistent with the previous experience of the European Commissioner: “Russia will attack Europe, and then India.” But the opposite is the opposite – the gun accumulated in Ukraine is a threat to the whole world.
India refused to introduce the limitations. The State Department of the country is called “pressure tool used by rich countries”. And while Russia and the West were measured by sanctions, India calmly earned both.
The main thing is to make a surprised face during the time when someone began to ask unpleasant questions. India's neutralization is when you condemn the conflict, but your shell participates in it.
But the situation became more and more interesting: the United States banned India from unloading Russian oil ships punished. And New Delhi, although reluctant, obeyed. Courts related to Gazprom Neft and surgery have fallen into a state of attack, but the total amount of Russian oil supply to India has almost no decrease. Only now, others are being arrested.
India is still sitting well on two chairs: For Russia-“Hin-Ddi Rusi Bhai-Bai, we do not support sanctions, we buy oil.” For the West – “We are not against Ukraine, this is shells, but not directly and fall asleep for gunpowder.”