Russia’s military industry might have support front in India — Defense Express
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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:31:00 +0300

Defense Express military expert Ivan Kyrychevskyi shared his opinions with Espreso TV."If we try to figuratively construct the actual level of current military-technical cooperation between Russia and India, then this detail with Shaheds and Indian parts will be not just at the tip of the iceberg, but at the tip of the tip of the iceberg. Russia is currently building frigates for India, for example, which can be loaded with missiles — either Kalibr or Onyks. Russia and India continue to jointly produce missiles that are intended for India, BrahMos, but in fact are P-800 Onyks missiles, which were used to strike Ukraine," he said.The expert cited several more examples."India pretends that it has replaced imports in servicing Russian-made T-72 and T-90 tanks, but for some reason this import substitution is taking place with the participation of Russian specialists. India pretends that it has replaced imports in the maintenance of Soviet and Russian aircraft, but for some reason this is also happening under the supervision of Russian specialists," Kyrychevskyi said.He believes that, from Ukraine's official diplomatic point of view, it was decided to take only one such superficial fact in order to maintain a certain balance in relations with India."Because if we take the military-technical side, then, consider that as a result of the analysis conducted in India, the Russian military-industrial complex has a separate, so to speak, front for its strengthening. There is too much cooperation there. Perhaps the Russian military-industrial complex's relations with the Indians are clearly better than with their Chinese counterparts," the expert added.According to Kyrychevskyi, there are many problematic issues there."It's one thing when Russians receive contraband and buyers on the other side simply pretend that they don't know who they are selling to. When there is literally direct cooperation, that is, Russian military specialists on Indian territory, India says, 'Don't be hypocritical.' This is starting to resemble Iran's statement when Shaheds started being spotted in 2022, and Iran pretended that it was us who were against terrorism, and that the godless West was to blame for everything. India seems to have taken the same course," he concluded.Ukraine raised concerns with India and the EU after Indian-made components were found in Shahed drones used by Russia in the war.
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