@Dang, do you mind if the Bloomberg article is used instead because Kyiv Independent has been VERY clickbaity - <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/russia-made-warships-set-to-join-india-s-navy-despite-sanctions" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/russia-ma...</a><p>Also, for context, these ships were ordered by India well before the current war (2018 according to the article).<p>Also, from the original Bloomberg article (and not in the Kyiv Independent) - "SIPRI, an independent think tank that studies the global weapons trade, notes in a recent report that it is the first time in six decades that Russia made up less than half of India’s weapons imports"
India and Russia have a long standing relationship of buyer / supplier of military hardware. The sanctions presumably refer to Russia being blocked from US dominated financial systems but workarounds are now quite well tread - India will just pay in another currency.