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| Poland Ready to Send All MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine, Here Are the Conditions! |
Warsaw - Polish President Andrzej Duda said it is ready to send all MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the future. Poland had previously promised 14 of the Soviet-built aircraft to Ukraine.
"I think in the future we will be able to transfer our entire remaining MiG-29 fleet to Ukraine if there is still such a need," Duda said in a joint press conference with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. /4/2023).
Andrzej Duda said the move, however, would require a green light from NATO allies as the rest of the fighter jets in Poland's possession were conformed to NATO standards. "We still need some," he said, adding that Poland would be able to pass on its old MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine as it received FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea and US-made F-35 stealth jets that had been made in the United States. ordered.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Poland's leadership, government and citizens for standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and providing shelter to Ukrainians who fled.
“You have not left Ukraine, you stand shoulder to shoulder with us, and we are grateful to you. We believe this is a historic relationship," he said as quoted by The Guardian.
Poland has taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees since Russia invaded the country and has played a key role in persuading other Western powers to supply Ukraine with battle tanks and other weapons.
It is also the first country to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine. Zelensky will also speak to Ukrainian refugees and members of the Polish community and business leaders who may be involved in rebuilding Ukraine.