Russia is worried about the supply of shells to Ukraine from India

The Russian authorities have informed New Delhi of their concerns about the supply of Indian-made ammunition to Ukraine via Europe.

Source. This was reported by the sources of the Indian edition of  The Economic Times.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are expected to receive Indian 155-mm artillery shells in the third quarter of 2023.

India is not among the countries that supply ammunition to Ukraine. The ammunition could have been sent to Kyiv by a third party through Slovenia or Poland.

The newspaper's sources say that the issue of supplying ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces is being considered by the country's security services. Presumably, one of the Western countries purchased 155 mm artillery shells in India and transported them to Ukraine through a European country that is a NATO member, the sources said.

"We have seen a number of media reports about this. We strongly state that we have not supplied any artillery shells to Ukraine," Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said during a briefing. He clarified that India did not sell or transfer such shells.

Over the past year and a half, India's neighboring Pakistan has become one of the leaders in supplying military equipment to Ukraine.

In June 2023, The Economic Times reported that weapons from Pakistan were sent to Ukraine via Jordan and Poland. Among the items delivered were anti-aircraft missile systems, multiple launch rocket systems, transportation and launching systems, ammunition and spare parts.

Background. The day before, it became known that Germany had handed over a Skynex air defense system to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package.