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原文：

 India is seeking to distance itself from its largest arms supplier after Russia's ability to supply munitions and spares was hobbled by the war in Ukraine, but must step carefully to avoid pushing Moscow closer to China, Indian sources said.

 The world's biggest arms importer is slowly turning West as the United States looks to strengthen ties in the Indo-Pacific region, hoping to contain an ascendant China by weaning the South Asian nation off a traditional dependence on Russia.

 Russia supplied 65 per cent of India's weapons purchases of over US$60 billion during the last decades, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, but the Ukraine war hastened the impetus to diversify its weapons base.

 "We are not likely to sign any major military deal with Russia," said Mr. Nandan Unnikrishnan, a Russia expert at New Delhi think-tank, the Observer Research Foundation. "That would be a red line for Washington."

 That view comes despite Moscow's offers, described by four Indian government sources, among them a senior security official who retired recently, as including platforms such as the most advanced Kamov helicopters and Sukhoi and MiG fighter jets, with the added fillip of joint manufacturing in India.

中譯：

 印度消息來源指出，在主要武器供應國俄羅斯，因烏俄戰爭導致軍火和零件供應能力受限後，印度正設法擺脫對俄羅斯的依賴，但仍謹慎維持與俄國關係，以避免其更向中共靠近。

 在美國加強印太地區關係之際，身為武器最大進口國的印度，正逐漸轉向西方國家採購，希望藉由擺脫傳統上對俄國的依賴，以遏止優勢漸增的中共。

 根據斯德哥爾摩「國際和平研究所」統計，印度在過去10年採購逾600億美元的武器，其中65%由俄羅斯供應。但是烏俄戰爭促使印度加速推動武器來源的多元化。

 新德里智庫「觀察研究基金會」研究俄羅斯的專家尼克里西南表示：「我們不可能與俄羅斯簽署任何重要軍事協定」，「這對美國而言是條紅線。」

 根據4位印度政府消息人士中，1名最近退休的資深安全官員表示，儘管俄羅斯提出供應印度最先進的卡莫夫直升機以及蘇愷和米格戰機，並在印度聯合生產等誘因，但印度武器採購轉向勢在必行。

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※think-tank：智庫