World News | Poland Plans to Grant Ukraine's Request for Fighter Jets
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.
Warsaw, Mar 16 (AP) Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.
President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes in the coming days and the rest need to be checked and would be supplied later.
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Duda did not say if other countries would be making the same move, although Slovakia has said it would send its disused MiGs to Ukraine.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for Western supporters to share fighter jets, NATO allies have expressed hesitancy. (AP)
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