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​The First Long-Awaited Polish MiG-29 Fighters Are Already in Ukraine

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Poland sends first MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine / Photo credit: Polish Air Force
Poland sends first MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine / Photo credit: Polish Air Force

Several such fighters are already helping to defend the country

That is according to Head of the International Policy Bureau at the Presidential Chancellery of the Republic of Poland Marcin Przydacz.

"Several MiG-29s have already been delivered to Ukraine, they already help Ukraine to defend the country... According to my information, the process of handing over the first batch [of aircraft] has already been completed," Marcin Przydacz said on the air of RMF24 radio, Ukrinform reports.

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Polish MiG-29 fighter jet, The First Long-Awaited Polish MiG-29 fighters Are Already in Ukraine, Defense Express
Polish MiG-29 fighter jet / Photo credit: Polish Air Force

The Polish official noted that during the official visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to Poland on April 5, "the Ukrainian side will ask for further support without a doubt."

According to Marcin Przydacz, Poland gives Ukraine post-Soviet MiG-29s, "which were supposed to be repaired in 2-3 years." Instead, Poland buys modern American F-35s and other modern equipment and weapons.

MiG-29 and F-16 aircraft of the Polish Air Force, The First Long-Awaited Polish MiG-29 fighters Are Already in Ukraine, Defense Express
MiG-29 and F-16 aircraft of the Polish Air Force / Photo credit: Polish Air Force

As Defense Express reported, that Poland and Slovakia planed to hand over a total of 33 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. We also wrote, that There were Two 'Modifications' of MiG-29 in Poland, and Ukraine Would Get One of Them as well as the fact that the First MiG-29s From Slovakia Already Taking On Combat Missions in Ukraine.

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