{"id":203083,"date":"2026-06-15T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=203083"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:24:51","slug":"indo-ukrainian-defence-collaboration-exposes-delhis-double-game-against-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/06\/15\/indo-ukrainian-defence-collaboration-exposes-delhis-double-game-against-moscow.html","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Ukrainian defence collaboration exposes Delhi\u2019s double game against Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: India\u2019s growing defence ties with Ukraine have laid bare New Delhi\u2019s classic double game \u2014 publicly reassuring Russia while quietly deepening military cooperation with Moscow\u2019s arch-adversary on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, Modi\u2019s visit to Ukraine in August 2024 opened structured military-technical engagement, with both sides agreeing to hold the second India-Ukraine Joint Working Group (JWG) on Military-Technical Cooperation in India.<\/p>\n

In April 2026, President Zelenskyy announced that a formal security cooperation arrangement with India was being finalized.<\/p>\n

While India continues to enjoy cheap Russian oil, weapons, spares, and strategic support, it is simultaneously building defence links with Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Existing collaborations include HAL\u2019s agreements for Su-30MKI equipment, RD-33 and R-25 engine spares, and BDL\u2019s contract for Igla-1M missile refurbishment.<\/p>\n

New Delhi now seeks deeper cooperation in missile seeker heads, air defence systems, artillery, An-32 spares, aero-engines, marine gas turbines, drones, electronic warfare, and counter-UAS technologies \u2014 all areas where Ukraine has gained hard battlefield experience against Russian forces.<\/p>\n

Analysts say India\u2019s posture is not neutrality but pure opportunism. New Delhi reassures Moscow publicly, extracts battlefield-tested technologies from Kyiv quietly, and keeps Western capitals engaged. By using Ukraine to reduce Russian leverage over its Soviet-origin inventory, India is playing both sides for maximum gain.<\/p>\n

This double game exposes the limits of India-Russia \u201ctrust.\u201d While Moscow offers advanced platforms like the Su-57, India is busy courting Ukraine\u2019s war-proven defence ecosystem.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s real policy remains clear: not loyalty to any partner, but calculated opportunism \u2014 buying Russian oil, seeking Russian weapons, and simultaneously benefiting from technologies tested against Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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