Poland will not hand over all of its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine

The Polish government recently decided to hand over its MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As it turned out, Ukraine will not receive all the planes.

Here's What We Know

The deputy head of the Polish Foreign Ministry said on the air of the TV channel RMF 24 that Poland will give Ukraine a part of Soviet fighters (Poland has about 30 of them in total). Deliveries will be carried out in stages. The first four planes should arrive in Ukraine in the next few days. By the way, apart from Poland, Slovakia approves Soviet fighter jets for Ukraine, AFU will receive 13 MiG-29s. The first batch is already in Ukraine.

Flashback

The MiG-29 is a fourth generation Soviet multirole fighter. It was the main multi-role fighter of the Warsaw Pact countries and the USSR during the 1980s. Now the MiG-29 is in service in many countries, including Ukraine. It has over 15 modifications.

Source: RMF 24