Russia Turns to Longtime Arms Customers to Boost War Arsenal

[PakistaniandProud]

Russia has sought to retrieve parts from defense systems it had exported to countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, Belarus and Brazil, as it tries to replenish the enormous stocks of weapons being expended for the war in Ukraine.

Last April, a delegation of Russian officials visiting Cairo asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to give back more than a hundred engines from Russian helicopters that Moscow needed for Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the incident said. Sisi agreed and deliveries of about 150 engines are likely to start next month, say the people.

WSJ News Exclusive | Russia Turns to Longtime Arms Customers to Boost War Arsenal

As it seeks to replenish the huge quantity of arms being used in Ukraine, Russia has sought to retrieve crucial helicopter engines from Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan and Belarus.

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[mulj]

Luckily for them they will got positive response, but in general they made blunder of strategic proportions not sharing off set production lines with friendly countries, now it would come in handy for them.
One of the reason why i would never buy russian arms and equipment because you are fully dependant on their logistic network. They need to fix that if they want to remain on global market and preserve allies,

 

[Sam6536]

So essentially you get paid back for the old hardware (directly or via oil, natural resources import from Russia) then you can buy western weapons from the same pool of resources. Western weapons are indeed better but have a string attached to them unless you force them for limited TOT and localisation plus it's costly.
Russia is in a pinch though, they can't manufacture and export rn, spares are a rarity and all newer gen Russian weapons are stuck in a lumbago due to lack of funds and critical components required to go ahead due to sanctions.

 

[TNT]

Russia is in a difficult situation. The only country that can truly get them out of mess is china but i dont think china will provide weapons openly and in large quantities. I feel after this war, Russia will be buying chinese planes, ships, drones and weapons.