russia is presently unable to fulfill those obligations for...

russia is presently unable to fulfill those obligations for maintainance ......and the Indians have seen what crap it is anyway now
they will likely write somne of that stuf off as Oz did with the helo's.....hence a rather urgent need to replace with western weaponry that is more effective and can be maintained -mostly in India !

and if you ACTUALLY understand geopolitics and aren't just supporting your ani west mantra .....you will understand the other problem is russias alliance / dependance on China .......this limmits how close India wants to be to russia (NOW) .....this antipathy to China is the reason India joined QUAD