(1 hour ago) Friday, March 17, 2023, 7:12 pm
Slovakia has announced the delivery of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. The country’s Prime Minister Eduard Hague announced this on Friday. Earlier, Poland also announced to give warplanes to Ukraine. In response to this, Russia said that NATO countries are sending these unusable old aircraft to Ukraine. These planes will not prevent the fate of Ukraine. This was reported by CNN.
According to the news, Kiev is going to receive a total of 17 MiG-29 fighter jets from two NATO countries. In a tweet, Hager said on Friday, the promise must be kept. When Zelensky asked me for air support I said, we will do our best. I am glad that others are going to help Ukraine in the same way. He also said that military assistance is most important to save Ukraine and Europe from Russia.
Earlier, NATO member Poland announced to give warplanes to Ukraine as the first country.
Polish President Andrei Duda said that these planes will be sent to Ukraine after some renovations. After the announcement of the Polish aircraft, the pressure on the United States to help Ukraine with aircraft increased. But the White House said in a statement that helping Ukraine was entirely Poland’s ‘independent decision’. US will not give Ukraine F-16 fighter jets.
Meanwhile, Russia has said that sending these warplanes cannot change the results of the ‘special military operation’. On the contrary, it will increase the danger of Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Slovakia and Poland are giving aid to Ukraine in the name of aid rather than discarding old, unnecessary weapons. It is not possible to change the outcome of Russian military operations in Ukraine with these warplanes. Ukraine will have the opposite problem with them. Besides, he claimed, this new move proves how NATO has become part of this war.
