A Reuters report claims that Indian-made artillery shells were diverted to Ukraine by some European countries.

European clients are sending Ukraine casing for artillery shells produced in India. Reuters reported that India remains passive to Russia's protests, citing eleven sources from the governments of India,

NEW DELHI, (REUTERS) – Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to 11 Indian and European government and defense industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday dismissed a Reuters report that said "Indian defence exports where being diverted to Ukraine." In a statement released by MEA, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said,

The Indian MEA on Thursday, rejected Reuters reports that claimed, Indian defence exports have been diverted to Ukraine. The MEA labelled the reports as "speculative, misleading, inaccurate and mischievous".

The Indian government has rejected claims by an international news agency that defence exports from India to Europe were diverted to Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs described the report as speculative and misleading,

A report by Reuters said artillery shells by several Indian state-owned firms and sold to countries such as Italy and the Czech Republic had been diverted to Ukraine

The MEA has dismissed media claims of defense export diversion to Ukraine as speculative and misleading, asserting its adherence to international obligations in military exports.