Poland gradually transfers MiG-29s to Ukraine - President of Poland

This was stated by President of Poland Andrzej Duda in Vienna, answering journalists' questions during a press conference with Austrian leader Alexander van der Bellen, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We are now sending MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. Probably, we will gradually transfer these planes, what we still have left, from our resources to Ukraine. However, we will do this as these resources are replenished with new NATO-standard aircraft that we buy for the Polish army," Duda said.

He noted that these are FA-50 aircraft that Poland has purchased from South Korea, the first units of which will arrive in Poland this summer, as well as F-35 aircraft from the United States.

Duda said that the production of F-35s for the Polish Armed Forces has already begun, and Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, who recently visited the United States, held talks on this topic with the American manufacturer, Lokheed Martin.

The Polish leader also noted that Poland ranks third, after the United States and the United Kingdom, in terms of military assistance to Ukraine. He recalled that Warsaw had handed over more than 300 PT-91 and T-72 tanks, as well as Leopard 2, Krab self-propelled artillery systems, Piorun man-portable air defense systems, etc. 

He noted that it was Poland, at the request of the Ukrainian side, that initiated the creation of the so-called tank coalition to provide Ukraine with more modern tanks to improve its defense capabilities.

As reported by Ukrinform, Poland has already handed over a total of eight MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine and is preparing to hand over six more fighters.