India jumps from 28th to second among arms suppliers to Eastern Europe

India has gone from 28th to second-largest arms supplier to 13 Central and Eastern European countries.
• Indian firms have exported at least $872 million in shells, mortars, propellants and explosives since 2022.
That is a jump of more than 1,600 per cent on the four years before the war.
India says it does not arm Ukraine directly, but some munitions reach it through European buyers.

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