Slovakia and Poland agree to jointly transfer MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
Following Slovakia’s proposal, Poland has agreed to a joint transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. This was announced by Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy. He also called on the Slovak government to make a decision on this issue.
“At a meeting of EU defense ministers in Sweden on Wednesday, my Polish counterpart confirmed that his country would agree with the joint progress of Slovakia and Poland in transferring surplus MiG-29s of both countries to Ukraine,” the minister wrote on Facebook.
He added that Polish President Andrzej Duda also confirmed his readiness to help Ukraine with fighter jets in an interview with CNN.
“I think it’s time to make a decision. People are dying in Ukraine, we can really help them, there is no place for politicization of this issue in Slovakia. It is inhuman and irresponsible,” Nagy emphasized.
As reported, Jaroslav Nagy said that Slovakia is ready to transfer MiG-29 fighters and T-72 tanks to Ukraine.
On January 19, the defense ministers of Estonia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as representatives of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Slovakia signed the “Tallinn Declaration” in which they pledged to provide unprecedented assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
