Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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is this true or just a plant, this looks like more than twice the annual defence exports.
www.firstpost.com
Russian firms buy $4 billion worth of India-made arms, pay in Indian rupee
Till October, Russian exporters held about $8 billion in Vostro accounts. Due to a lack of investment opportunities in India, the money held in the Vostro accounts of Russian exporters remained unspent
Footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet-52" on the Ukrainian Supacat HMT air defense system, British production. The Supacat HMT air defense system was quickly developed in the UK to quickly equip the Ukrainian army. The air defense system is equipped with AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles with a flight range of up to 20 km. As a result of the Lancet drone strike, a strong fire started in the Supacat HMT air defense system, completely destroying the launcher.
Duplicated by a lot of the usual shite fake news sources. This guy has an opinion:is this true or just a plant, this looks like more than twice the annual defence exports.
Russian firms buy $4 billion worth of India-made arms, pay in Indian rupee
Till October, Russian exporters held about $8 billion in Vostro accounts. Due to a lack of investment opportunities in India, the money held in the Vostro accounts of Russian exporters remained unspent
is this true or just a plant, this looks like more than twice the annual defence exports.
Russian firms buy $4 billion worth of India-made arms, pay in Indian rupee
Till October, Russian exporters held about $8 billion in Vostro accounts. Due to a lack of investment opportunities in India, the money held in the Vostro accounts of Russian exporters remained unspent
Nonsense.
I don't think the writer really knows what $4 billion worth of arms would entail.
Reading between the lines, it seems the total amount of Rupee-equivalent currency offloaded from vostro accounts by buying engineering goods was $4 bn. Nothing to indicate it was all 'arms'.
Seems like a sensationalist title.
The designation could also be because of industrial equipment that is often classified as dual-use i.e. explosives for mining operations, and he applied that to the entire volumn of funds divested from those accounts.
Though it is true that certain Indian companies were supplying electronics that have strategic applications to Russia (which they were putting on their missiles), and got sanctioned for it, like Si2 Microsystems:
Government ‘examining’ Indian tech company in EU, U.S. sanctions list
Indian tech company Si2 Microsystems under scrutiny for sanctions by EU and U.S. over ties with Russia.
...seems like a pretty shady company tbh, it's been in trouble with Indian authorities in the past.
is this true or just a plant, this looks like more than twice the annual defence exports.
Russian firms buy $4 billion worth of India-made arms, pay in Indian rupee
Till October, Russian exporters held about $8 billion in Vostro accounts. Due to a lack of investment opportunities in India, the money held in the Vostro accounts of Russian exporters remained unspent
Arms are likely a small component of the overall figure.
Nonsense.
I don't think the writer really knows what $4 billion worth of arms would entail.
Reading between the lines, it seems the total amount of Rupee-equivalent currency offloaded from vostro accounts by buying engineering goods was $4 bn. Nothing to indicate it was all 'arms'.
Seems like a sensationalist title.
The designation could also be because of industrial equipment that is often classified as dual-use i.e. explosives for mining operations, and he applied that to the entire volumn of funds divested from those accounts.
Though it is true that certain Indian companies were supplying electronics that have strategic applications to Russia (which they were putting on their missiles), and got sanctioned for it, like Si2 Microsystems:
Government ‘examining’ Indian tech company in EU, U.S. sanctions list
Indian tech company Si2 Microsystems under scrutiny for sanctions by EU and U.S. over ties with Russia.www.thehindu.com
...seems like a pretty shady company tbh, it's been in trouble with Indian authorities in the past.
There's a simple explanation. The Russians did not import anything, they simply decided to keep some of their contracted supplies supposed to be supplied to India via a buy-back scheme, and they are making payments for that. India imports $500M worth of spares and supplies from Russia every year, and the Russians have very likely decided to keep some of that for themselves.
As for that Si2 example, it's civilian or dual-use tech, not a military export. And I don't see the need for Russia to import ammo from India, they have a surplus.
More Russki Mir, with this weird remake of Elephant Man:
And the most Russki Mir of them all:
The more things change, the more they stay the same: Russian military parades were full of Nazis in 1941; they are still full of Nazis in 2024.
In other news, Russia keeps getting caught on fire.
There's at least one refinery attack every night, which is very good. Reminder: the less refineries Russia have, the lesser its capacity to refine crude oil domestically is. With less refinement capacity, Russia has a choice between extracting less oil, or exporting more. Since extracting less would mean semi-permanent extraction capacity loss -- restarting a frozen well in the arctic circle is not easy without the help of Western oil companies -- the obvious less bad choice is exporting more. Which will lead to a decrease of Russian crude oil price, which will lead to a decrease of refined oil price for everyone outside of Russia.
And the most Russki Mir of them all:
The more things change, the more they stay the same: Russian military parades were full of Nazis in 1941; they are still full of Nazis in 2024.
In other news, Russia keeps getting caught on fire.
There's at least one refinery attack every night, which is very good. Reminder: the less refineries Russia have, the lesser its capacity to refine crude oil domestically is. With less refinement capacity, Russia has a choice between extracting less oil, or exporting more. Since extracting less would mean semi-permanent extraction capacity loss -- restarting a frozen well in the arctic circle is not easy without the help of Western oil companies -- the obvious less bad choice is exporting more. Which will lead to a decrease of Russian crude oil price, which will lead to a decrease of refined oil price for everyone outside of Russia.
It works when the enemy is out in the open but not when they are in trenches. Drones work all the time. Unguided artillery can slowly home in on a mine-disabled tank, drones can hit it whilst it's still moving or disabled.
The effectiveness of FPV drones has been exaggerated because it's the only means of attack the Ukrainians have that's seen some success. And a static frontline helps pick targets much more easily, particularly stragglers.
The reality is most of these drone attacks are failing. But they do a good job publicizing the few successes they manage to get.
On the contrary, all these drones are guided, unlike the artillery. As regards failures, sometimes dumb shells also fail, as with DPRK rounds, and cause the artillery cannon to fail too.
The next step will be when these drones have fully autonomous target recognition, then they won't even require an operator.
Russia keeps doing false flag ops. Look at how this entire building crumble like a perfectly controlled demolition. The odds of its happening by happenstance due to a single stray artillery shell are zero.
LOL, according to Russian chats, the FSB had recently visited this building to "check it" for explosives.
LOL, according to Russian chats, the FSB had recently visited this building to "check it" for explosives.
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Yeah, so basically a Moscow Apartment Bombings 25 year reunion party.
Russia will blame Ukraine and people with the IQ of a tea cosy will believe them.
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