new Delhi: Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said the biggest lesson for India from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is to be prepared to fight future wars with indigenous weapons.
ANI quoted the Army Chief as saying, “The biggest lesson is that we have to be ready to fight future wars with indigenous weapons. Atmanirbhar Bharat has to take more steps in defense. Future wars have to be their weapons.” systems must be fought.”
General Naravane also said that the crisis showed that wars can happen at any time and the country needs to be prepared for them.
“Many lessons can be learned from the Ukraine-Russian war. The crisis shows that wars can happen at any time and we have to be prepared for them. Wars will not only be non-kinetic and will be fought in the physical domain as well,” he said.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its 13th day on Tuesday, with three rounds of talks to no avail. Russia is shelling several major sites and residential areas in Kyiv and the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksey Reznikov said in a video address that at least 400 civilian deaths were recorded as a result of Russian military actions. He said Russian attacks destroyed more than 200 schools, 34 hospitals and 1,500 residential buildings in Ukraine.
He also claimed that the Ukrainian military had killed more than 11,000 Russian soldiers. However, Russia only acknowledged several hundred deaths among its forces.
The West has also increased arms shipments to Ukraine, while Britain has provided the country with defensive weapons as well as military and humanitarian aid.
According to UN estimates, 1.5 million refugees have sought asylum in Ukraine’s neighboring countries in the past 11 days.