1st NATO member to provide such aircraft to Ukraine
The Associated Press · Posted: Mar 16, 2023 1:01 PM CDT | Last Updated: March 16
"A Polish air force MiG-29 aircraft fires flares during a performance at the Radom Air Show in 2013.
Poland says it will send four of the jets to Ukraine to help in its defence against Russia. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
Poland's president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfil the Ukrainian government's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.
President Andrzej Duda said Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes "within the next few days" and that the rest needed servicing and would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19.
One of Ukraine's staunchest supporters, Warsaw has taken a leading role in persuading sometimes hesitant allies to provide Kyiv with heavy weaponry. It has said that any transfer of jets would be as part of a coalition.
"Firstly, literally within the next few days, we will hand over, as far as I remember, four aircraft to Ukraine in full working order," Duda told a news conference."
And more to come
This is big. A country like Poland fully understands aggressors. They are not shy
as to what is needed and they certainly are not afraid of any war cries.
Putin's nuclear threats. Laughed at. Putin then laughed at.
First of all these fighter jets match much of what Russia has and uses.
The initiative by Poland breaks the period of "wait and see"
There are 50 nations who oppose the illegal Russian invasion.
Some of those are in supply of fighter jets that would crush
outdated Russian technology. Not my opinion.
Poland's initiative is very welcome and it will lead the way to further
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