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according to the latest disclosure by reuters, ammunition sold by indian arms manufacturers is being transferred to ukraine by european customers. despite moscow's protests, new delhi has not yet taken any action to stop it.

"ammunition from india enters ukraine, sparking russia's anger." on the 19th, reuters broke the news with this title, saying that according to 11 government and defense industry officials from india and european countries, and based on an analysis of customs data, indian arms manufacturers have been selling ammunition to european customers and then transferring it from europe to ukraine. this has been happening for more than a year.

screenshot of reuters report

according to the sources, european countries transferring indian ammunition to ukraine include italy and the czech republic, which is leading an operation to supply ammunition to kiev from outside the european union.

three indian officials said the kremlin raised the issue on at least two occasions, including during a meeting between russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his indian counterpart in july.

in january, an indian foreign ministry spokesman said india had not sent or sold ammunition to ukraine. two indian government and two indian defense industry sources said only a small amount of the ammunition used by ukraine was produced in india, with one official estimating that it was less than 1% of the total weapons ukraine had imported since the conflict began.

an indian official said new delhi was watching the situation closely, but he and a senior defense industry executive said india was not taking any action to restrict supplies to europe.