Poland to send Ukraine four MiG-29 jets in coming days

Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced the transfer of four MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine in the coming days.

He made the remarks at a press conference with his Czech counterpart on March 16, Caliber.Az reports citing the Polish media.

"In the next few days, we are handing over four aircraft to Ukraine in full working order. The rest of the planes are being serviced and prepared," Duda said, undisclosing the exact number of MiG-29s that Poland will provide to Ukraine.

Duda said the decision to hand over the planes was taken at the level of the state authorities.

"It is safe to say that we are literally sending these MiGs to Ukraine at this moment. We still have a dozen of these MiGs today. These are MiGs that we received in the early 1990s," the Polish president noted.

He stressed that these aircraft will replace the FA-50s from South Korea in the Polish army's armament, the first of which are expected by the end of the year. Then they will be joined by squadrons of F-35s.