Germany allows Poland to export old MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
MiG-29 and F-35 (R) aircrafts
Germanyhas approvedPoland's request toexportfiveoldMiG-29fighterjetsto bolster Ukraine's air power against the Russian invasion, the German defence ministry said on Thursday.
Poland's defence ministry did not immediately comment.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said the request had arrived Thursday, and that Berlin's same-day approval showed thatGermanycould be relied upon.
Germanyinherited 24 MiG-29jetsfrom the East German GDR during reunification in 1990. At the time, the aircraft were seen as among the most advancedfighterjetsin the world.
In 2004, Berlin passed on 22 of the aircraft toPoland. Of the remaining twojets, one was destroyed in a crash and one is on show at a museum.
Polandneeds Berlin's consent to send its remainingjetsto a third country.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a visit to Warsaw last week that Polandwould help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv.
Ukraine, which hopes to launch a counteroffensive in the coming weeks or months, wants to securefighterjetsto defend against air strikes.
Western countries have so far been reluctant to send advancedfighterjetssuch as F-16's to Kyiv, but some countries have stepped in to sendoldMiG-29jetsthatUkrainealready uses.
(With inputs from agencies)
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