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The long-range munitions, which US military officials said recently arrived in Ukraine, make fixed-wing aircraft more useful on the battlefield, people familiar ...

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Supplying the fighter aircraft crosses a threshold in Western support for Kyiv.

[willing to send German-made Leopard 2 tanks](https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-russia-invaded-ukraine-germany-promised-to-rearm-one-year-later-it-is-having-second-thoughts-b08d783b?mod=article_inline) to Kyiv. [Russia’s invading forces](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-gird-for-a-decisive-spring-campaign-after-a-bloody-winter-a3beef16?mod=article_inline).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking the West for months for fighter jets to assist in the war.

"The restrictions on Ukraine having weapons systems that can strike into Russia itself are a ludicrous pandering to Russia's own ideas that it is not at war." has so far provided Ukraine with powerful weapons such as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and Javelin missiles and has agreed to send Kyiv M1 Abrams tanks. [in the coming four to six weeks](https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-getting-fighter-jets-poland-1787651)." The Polish president didn't indicate whether other nations intend to follow suit and send Ukraine fighter jets. The United States and the United Kingdom have so far ruled out sending advanced fighter jets to Ukraine. "Firstly, literally within the next few days, we will hand over, as far as I remember, four aircraft to Ukraine in full working order," Duda said at a news conference in Warsaw on Thursday.

WARSAW, Poland — Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared that Poland will deliver the first four Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming ...

Last December, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Rastislav Káčer declared the government was preparing to transfer an undisclosed number of MiG-29s to Ukraine in coordination with the United States. The remaining aircraft are currently being serviced, prepared, and they will certainly be gradually delivered,” Duda said, as quoted by local broadcaster TVN 24. [discussed transfer](https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/12/13/slovakia-readies-transfer-of-upgraded-mig-29-warplanes-to-ukraine/) of the nation’s MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

Warsaw has taken a lead among NATO allies in supplying Kyiv with heavy weapons, including the Soviet-designed fighters. “When it comes to the MI-29 aircraft, ...

Germany ruled out fighter jet deliveries to Ukraine completely while UK government officials echoed the sentiment and said that they believed it was not practical to send jets into Ukraine. While sending MiGs is a break from the alliance, it is not an unexpected move and complies entirely with Poland’s membership of NATO. The announcement that Poland will send the Soviet-designed planes marks a break from the alliance, and could put pressure on other member states to do the same. Other NATO nations have been reluctant to move far beyond a decision earlier this year to send tanks to Kyiv, and the US insisted Thursday that Poland’s move would not force Washington’s hand. Russia is still seen by many in Poland’s political and diplomatic circles in a Cold War context. Ultimately, creating this pressure on other allies was probably Poland’s intention.

File photo: Poland's President Andrzej Duda, right, welcomes Czech Republic's President Petr Pavel as they meet at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, ...

Poland has provided Ukraine with crucial support during the war. Poland also was the first NATO nation to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks. “So far, everyone has agreed that it’s not the time to send fighter jets,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters.

MIG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at the Lask Air Base on Oct. 12, 2022 in Lask, Poland. Omar Marques—Getty ...

[first proposed sending the MiG jets to Ukraine](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/09/ukraine-poland-mig-29-fighter-jets/) as part of a deal that would have included the U.S. [hesitated to share](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/top-us-officials-dont-want-give-ukraine-tanks-rcna66753). Oleksii Reznikov, the Ukrainian defense minister, said this week that a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive will require fighter jets. followed up that same month, announcing it would [send over 31 M1 Abrams tanks](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3277910/biden-announces-abrams-tanks-to-be-delivered-to-ukraine/#:~:text=President%20Joe%20Biden%20announced%20today,an%20entire%20Ukraine%20tank%20battalion.). [announced Thursday](https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-poland-russia-war-jets-migs-6d843ccbd50fef5f96091a5bff8f3e01) that the country plans to give Ukraine about a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets. “It’s just another iteration of that same song and dance.” If the U.S. Biden said earlier this year that the U.S. “Having more aircraft allows (Ukraine) to fill in gaps to engage missiles earlier,” Williams says. The multirole fighter jets, nicknamed Fulcrum by NATO, were designed by the Soviet Union and first exported to Poland in the 1980s. Since the start of the Russian invasion last year, Poland has been a key ally for Ukraine. Poland’s decision will likely apply pressure on other Western nations to provide military aircraft amid pleas from Ukraine ahead of a [likely counter-offensive this Spring](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/15/dod-ukraine-war-supplies-00087291).

The announcement by Warsaw breaks a year-long impasse over whether Western governments would heed Ukrainian demands for fighters.

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Slovakia on Friday became the second of Ukraine's allies to provide MIG-29 fighter jets which Kyiv believes are crucial to repel Russia's year-long ...

The first U.S.-made planes are expected to arrive in 2024 after a delay. Its fleet of 11 MiG-29 planes was retired last summer and most of them are not in operational condition. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

The announcement comes a day after Polish President Andrzej Duda announced that Warsaw will send Ukraine four Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets.

The U.S. Do you have a question about the Russia-Ukraine war? "It doesn't change our calculus with regard to the F-16," Kirby said. and the U.K. Do you have a tip on a world news story that Newsweek should be covering? [Slovakia](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/slovakia) has announced [it will send Ukraine 13 Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter ](https://www.newsweek.com/poland-send-mig-29-fighter-jets-ukraine-1788251)jets to assist the war-torn country in the conflict started by Russia just over a year ago.

Slovakia is the second country to send war planes to Kyiv after Poland, which announced on Thursday it would do so. Its fleet of 11 MiG-29 planes was ...

The eastern NATO member state will send all 13 of its MiG-29 jets – grounded since last August and in various states of readiness – at an unspecified date.

Prime Minister Eduard Heger defended the decision to send the jets, saying they were “not dragging Slovakia into the war.” The nation will also send part of its Kub air-defense system to Ukraine. “You get the feeling that these countries are just getting rid of old, unneeded equipment,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Tass.