Russia seeks Chinese hardware help, triggering concerns in Delhi

While the relics of the Cold War in Indian diplomacy hit for Russia in the Ukrainian war, only a matter of time before New Delhi will get serious pressure from the Quad partner to change his neutral position to Moscow.

Reports of Western media, citing Biden administration officials have stated that Russia has asked China for military equipment to encourage invasion to Ukraine. Reports citing other US officials said that there were signs of Russian special military operations that were out of unspecified weaponry after the war began almost 20 days ago.

Given that US intelligence was above the Russian invasion to Ukraine, it was quite clear that Washington knew exactly what helped Russian President Vladimir Putin had tried to his strong colleagues in Beijing. But Russian troops ran out of inventory, spare parts and oil have become serious thoughts for the Government of Narendra Modi with India still dependent on military spare parts and supplies for Russian frontline equipment in three services. T-90 Russian tanks, Su-30MKI fighters and under the maintenance of Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, all depend on the manufacturer of original equipment based in Moscow. The biggest Indian fear is the cutting supply chain of weapons spare parts after a large western sanction against Russia and the transfer of hardware by Moscow to the Ukrainian front.

With Ukraine having a history of nationalism in the western part of the country and Russia still cannot capture the main cities, the war does not show signs of complete victory by Putin “Z” troops. And Moscow’s problem will add to the day with the West injecting high-tech weapons to Ukraine which leads to the moral of the troops of defense. Despite the war fog, Russian armored losses were very proven regardless of the inability of Moscow to achieve the dominance of the sky air of Ukraine. This has resulted in Ukraine using Turkey Bayraktar TB 2 drones to issue Russian armored columns at will.

The experienced Russian observer was reminded of the belief that the Red Army who had entered Afghanistan in 1979, hoped to conquer Kabul in a few days. The Afghan war finally turned out to be a swamp for the Red Army based in Pakistan and US armed jihadists ensure a shameful house a decade later.

While the relics of the Cold War in Indian diplomacy hit for Russia in the Ukrainian war, only a matter of time before New Delhi will get serious pressure from the Quad partner to change his neutral position to Moscow. India does not need to answer anyone in Europe with his attitude after explaining his position to France. European Powers like England and Germany maintained the silence of radio when Chinese soldiers surpassed Ladakh in May 2020.

However, decoupling hardware from Russia is very complex and will take years even though PM Modi constantly encourages the agenda of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, the translation on the ground will take time. And it’s also if the military bureaucracy, PSU, and the establishment of R & D does not place obstacles. Together with us hit by Iranian missiles in Erbil, Houthi rebelled firing ballistic missiles to UAE from Yemen, China fought in the South China Sea over Taiwan and Russia underestimating Ukraine, the world was increasingly uncertain on the day.