Ukraine conflict causes delay in Russian arms delivery to India.
India claims that Russia is unable to meet its commitments to deliver vital defense supplies due to the war in Ukraine depleting Moscow's military supplies. The shortage will have a significant impact on India's plans to continue modernizing its forces, with officials saying they had to slash projected spending for the next financial year by a third compared to the previous one. Russia accounted for more than 40% of India's defense imports in 2017, but India has tried to cut its reliance on Russia for the past two decades, instead looking to partners in the United States, France, and Israel to provide the needed equipment.