Indian-Made Artillery Shells May Be Reaching Ukraine via This European Country

Despite India's declared neutrality in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, new reports indicate that Indian-manufactured artillery may indirectly be aiding Ukrainian forces. Military sources suggest that 155mm artillery shells and propellant charges originating from India could be reaching Ukraine via Slovenia.

According to these sources, Slovenia may have placed orders with Indian defence companies before facilitating the transfer of ammunition to Ukraine. This development comes amid a surge in demand for ERFB-BT 155mm shells from Indian manufacturers, public and private alike. Recent orders reportedly exceed ₹2,000 crores, primarily from Middle Eastern and US buyers.

Though Slovenia's suspected role as a conduit for Ukrainian ammunition remains unconfirmed, the path by which these shells reach Ukraine is still uncertain.

 

[NSR]

No worries at all as we only selling them to real customers without any restrictions.
Even if we impose restrictions, then it never works at all.

But on the other hand, Russia sells directly to our two enemies terroristan/beggeristan and criminal china and does not apologize to India at all.
So why do we?

 

[Kira]

It's speculative,but it's not Indian problem though one way or the other.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

It's speculative,but it's not Indian problem though one way or the other.

The buyer should at least repaint the shell and remove marking that shows it is indian before sending it to ukraine. It is very cheap to do so and it would avoid such scandals.

 

[abhinav srivastava]

I wonder why don't Indian companies stamp name of the country its exported to.

 

[Kira]

The buyer should at least repaint the shell and remove marking that shows it is indian before sending it to ukraine. It is very cheap to do so and it would avoid such scandals.

I think since Ukraine today desperately needs all the ammo it can get as quickly as possible,so there is not much time for a third party supplier to do all of that.
Of course,it would be better for India diplomatically if it's tracks are covered,but Russians can't complain because whatever Indian ammo that ends with the Ukrainians is peanuts compared to all the oil and other resources that India has sourced from them,and that has done wonders for the Russian economy amid tight sanctions and indirectly aided their war efforts.
Ivan would be unhappy,but there is not much he can actually do here.

 

[Anant]

I wonder why don't Indian companies stamp name of the country its exported to.

That can still be painted over anyways.

 

[Sandeep]

This is fake news and India will usually look very carefully at which country it will sell to and the amount of shells. If a European country places a sudden and very large order of shells that they normally wouldn't buy from us then it's obvious where those shells will go to and India will be wary of supplying them.

Even if India was going to secretly sell these shells then they wouldn't paint and name its production place that traces back to India. That's another reason why this is fake news.

Also Ukraine doesn't have many 155mm guns left and they are mostly using older and lower calibre guns because they are smaller, lighter, easy to hide and more affordable to Ukraine who's military industry is mostly non existent. Another reason why it's fake news.

 

[Pad UwU]

Doesn't matter to buyers nor to Ukraine if it's shows Indian marking.... They just want to drag us into their children fights😹😹😹

 

[Deepak Hegde]

It's not a difficult situation to overcome. RFID tags incorporated into the ammunition to the first country of export can easily trace the country which is re-exporting Indian ammunition to Ukraine!

 

[Rajesh]

Don't know why all these noise. We should sell as much as we can.