Did the USSR support India in 1965 war?

Militarily no, morally yes. America openly supplied it's Cento friend Pakistan and rejected Indian requests for business. Russia took Indian stand but left the war to India, but ready to pounce if China meddles it. It has warned China sufficeintly enough that it didn't dare start the war. read more

Russia took Indian stand but left the war to India, but ready to pounce if China meddles it. It has warned China sufficeintly enough that it didn’t dare start the war. It supported India in the UN, acted as a broker for peace after aggressive British overtures for peace on the face of imminent Pakistani collapse. read more

Hence India and Pakistan were proxies of USSR and USA in the war of 65. USA would have loved to win it for Pakistan and make a statement of power to USSR and hence extended a lot of military and other support to Pakistan. read more

Vijaykrishnan writes in ‘The Soviet Union and the India-Pakistan War, 1965’, “Support was available for India on some important technical points and objections India had raised,” he says. Russia supported the Indian position that the Security Council should only deal with "questions directly connected with the settlement of the armed conflict” and not drag in the Kashmir issue. read more