Polish planes to Ukraine

POLISH PLANES TO UKRAINE

Poland said Thursday, March 16, 2023 (Friday in Manila) that it plans to give Ukraine about a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfill Kyiv’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes to defend itself against the Russian invasion. Warsaw will hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes “within the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said, and the rest needed servicing but would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19. The White House called Poland’s move a sovereign decision and lauded the Poles for continuing to “punch above their weight” in assisting Kyiv, but it stressed the move would have no bearing on President Joe Biden, who has resisted calls to provide US F-16s to Ukraine. The White House said Poland notified the U.S. of its decision to provide MiGs before Duda announced the move.

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