The primary Polish MiG-29 fighter jets have arrived in Ukraine, a spokesperson for Poland's presidency confirmed on Monday.
The Polish official didn't specify what number of plane have been handed over to the Ukrainian authorities and mentioned "Ukraine will name for extra assist" from its allies throughout Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's official go to to Warsaw on Wednesday.
Final month, Polish President Andrzej Duda introduced that "within the coming days" Poland would ship 4 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine and that "different (plane) are being ready and can in all probability be delivered quickly".
A day later, Slovakia additionally introduced the choice to ship 13 of those Soviet-made plane, though consultants estimate that, as a result of their situation, a few of these plane shall be used for spare elements.
As Duda defined, "these are MiG-29s (plane), which had been nonetheless lively in our nation's air defence, however their significance is secondary. We nonetheless have a dozen of them that we obtained within the Nineties from the GDR (former German Democratic Republic) military".
The MiG-29 fighters had been utilized by the Ukrainian air power since earlier than the outbreak of the battle, so their pilots are conversant in their operation.
Final week, the Ukrainian authorities introduced that the primary Slovak MiG-29s had been already collaborating in fight missions within the Kharkiv area.
Whereas Poland plans to switch the plane delivered to Ukraine with the current buy of 48 South Korean FA-50s and 32 US-produced F-35A Lightning IIs, Slovakia will obtain 12 AH-1Z Viper assault helicopters and 600 Hellfire II missiles from US-based Lockheed Martin by way of a low-cost procurement programme.
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