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WARSAW — Poland will ship an preliminary batch of 4 Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated Thursday, ramping up stress on different NATO allies to make comparable commitments.
The planes are in “full working order” and will likely be delivered in “the following few days,” Duda stated at a information convention in Warsaw alongside his Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel. The supply would mark the primary time any of Ukraine’s NATO allies have delivered jets.
“We are actually sending these MiGs to Ukraine at this second,” he stated.
Poland is within the means of upgrading its air power with South Korean-made FA-50 fighters and American-made F-35s, because it quickly expands its army amid the conflict in neighboring Ukraine. It has a few dozen of the MiG-29s obtainable which might be “principally” useful, Duda stated, including that the rest will likely be “serviced and ready” earlier than additionally being donated.
Poland has performed a number one function in getting taboo-breaking weaponry to Ukraine. As Germany stalled on sending tanks this 12 months, Duda introduced that Poland had decided to send them. Polish officers stated it was a part of a technique to ramp up public stress on Germany to approve the supply of the German-made tanks.
Ukraine has been pushing laborious in latest months for Western nations to donate fighter jets, with President Volodymyr Zelensky dubbing them “wings for freedom.” Poland and Slovakia, which has additionally stated it is able to ship its Soviet-era jets to Ukraine, have called on other countries to do the same as a part of a global coalition.
Ukraine already has its personal MiG-29s, which means that Ukrainian pilots will be capable of fly them with out extra coaching, Duda stated.
In February, Britain introduced that it might start coaching Ukrainian pilots on fighter jets utilized by NATO. Each British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron have stated they haven’t dominated out contributing fighter jets to Ukraine, however they instructed that nothing could be quick.
Morris reported from Berlin.
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