Poland will send Ukraine 4 MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days, the president said, making it the first of Kyiv's allies to provide such aircraft.
One of Ukraine's staunchest supporters, Warsaw has taken a leading role in persuading sometimes hesitant allies to provide Kyiv with heavy weaponry. It has said that any transfer of jets would be as part of a coalition.
"Firstly, literally within the next few days, we will hand over, as far as I remember, four aircraft to Ukraine in full working order," Polish President Andrzej Duda told a news conference.On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that deliveries could be made in four to six weeks.
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that the debate about sending fighter jets was ongoing. "This is something we're discussing in the group of allied countries. It's a big wish from Ukraine," she said.. Poland has sent 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Asked last week how many MiG-29s Warsaw might supply, the head of the president's office, Pawel Szrot, said it would "certainly not" be as many as 14.
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