Germany in secret talks with India on military aid to Ukraine

Germany is secretly negotiating with India to purchase ammunition from the country and transfer it to the Ukrainian armed forces through intermediaries.

The talk is about hundreds of thousands of ammunitions that are in the Indian arsenal, Lenta.ru reports.

Berlin's choice fell on India because the country stores several hundred thousand artillery ammunitions. Similar negotiations on military assistance to Kyiv are also possible with Arab, Balkan, and African nations that have large stocks of ammunition.

According to the German publication Der Spiegel, the Indian authorities do not want to openly help Ukraine because they are afraid of ruining friendly relations with Russia.

“The government in New Delhi is openly unwilling to sell its grenades as India still maintains friendly relations with Moscow. As a result, confidential negotiations are now underway about whether it is possible to obtain ammunition through intermediaries,” the publication notes.

The Situation Center for Ukraine at the German Defence Ministry is daily looking for sources for the purchase of new shells for the Ukrainian armed forces. At the same time, the department does not complain about financial problems. According to the head of the center, Christian Freuding, in 2024 the German government will allocate seven billion euros for the purchase of weapons for the Ukrainian armed forces. The only problem that remains is the limited supply of weapons on the market.

At the same time, the gradual distancing of New Delhi from Moscow became known back in January: then it was reported that India, being the largest importer of Russian weapons, could refuse supplies from Russia in favor of the USA. The Indian government is concerned that under such circumstances, Moscow may move towards rapprochement with Beijing.