International sanctions won't affect S-400 defence deal with India: Russia
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Despite mounting international pressure and harsh sanctions, Russia on Wednesday sought to assure that these pressure tactics won’t affect the deal to supply the S-400 air defence missile system to India.“We don't foresee any obstacles as far as S-400 supply to India is concerned; We have routes to continue with this deal unobstructed. Sanctions, old or new, do not interfere in any way,” Denis Alipov, Russian Envoy-designate to India said while addressing a press conference on the impact of sanctions in defence deal with India.
The Russian Diplomat assign added, "We are in contact with India on the security of Indians in Kharkiv, Sumy and other struggle zones in Ukraine."Earlier in the day, Indian Flying corps (IAF) Bad habit Boss Air Marshal Sandeep Singh said that the aviation based armed forces won't be fundamentally affected by the US sanctions on Russia and India's relations with the two nations remain strong."We are assessing what is happening. There will be sure hardships, there is not even a shadow of a doubt. Yet, I figure it shouldn't influence us to an extreme. I'm certain that it won't influence us essentially," he added.
Three aircraft have departed to evacuate stranded citizens, the Indian Air Force vice chief said. "We can operate four aircraft per day to evacuate Indians," he said. The IAF vice chief said the evacuation operations will run round the clock till all Indians are brought back.
On the seventh day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy on Wednesday said almost 6,000 Russians have been in 6 days of the war. Reuters quoted Zelenskyy as saying even as the Russian airborne troops landed in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, which is under intense shelling for the past few days.