Poland will hand 14 MiG-29 fighters to Ukrainian army, some of them already in Ukraine
We have written more than once that Poland is transferring MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Now there is information on how many Polish planes the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive.
Here's What We Know
So, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukraine will receive a total of 14 fighters. What is interesting is that Poland handed over 4 secretly months ago and 4 at the beginning of this week. The remaining batch will be sent to the AFU in the near future. By the way, apart from Poland, Ukraine will also Slovakia delivers first MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine - remaining aircraft to be delivered in coming weeks.
BREAKING:
- Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 5, 2023
Poland's President Andrzej Duda just revealed that Poland sent its first 4 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine "several months ago" in secret.
Another 4 were sent very recently.
6 more will be sent soon.
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Flashback
The MiG-29 is a fourth generation Soviet multirole fighter. It was the main multi-role fighter aircraft of the Warsaw Pact countries and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Now the MiG-29 is in service in many countries, including Ukraine. It has more than 15 modifications.
Source: @visegrad24
