Overview

• Dmitry Shugayev, who heads Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told TASS that India is in talks for further S-400 units and already operates the system.
• New Delhi signed a roughly $5.5 billion agreement in 2018 for five S-400 Triumf regiments to counter China’s growing military power.
• Three regiments have been delivered since 2021, with the remaining two scheduled for 2026 and 2027 after repeated delays.
• During May’s Operation Sindoor, the S-400 was credited with intercepting several incoming missiles, according to Indian reports.
• Despite diversifying suppliers, Russia accounted for 36% of India’s arms imports between 2020 and 2024, and Sergei Lavrov praised India for resisting U.S. pressure to curb purchases from Moscow.