Poland's president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets.
President Andrzej Duda said Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes "within the next few days" and that the rest needed servicing and would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19.
On Wednesday, Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said some other countries also had pledged MiGs to Kyiv, but did not name them. Both Poland and Slovakia had indicated they were ready to hand over their planes, but only as part of a wider international coalition doing the same."So far, everyone has agreed that it's not the time to send fighter jets," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters.
"There's no change in our view with respect to fighter aircraft at this time," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. "That is our sovereign decision. That is where we are, other nations can speak to their own" decisions. Duda made the announcement during a joint news conference in Warsaw with the visiting Czech president, Petr Pavel.
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