Slovakia, after Poland, agrees to give Ukraine Soviet jets
to heed the Ukrainian government’s pleas for warplanes to help defend against Russia’s invasion.
Heger said his government’s move “is closely coordinated with the Polish side, Ukraine and other allies.” Slovakia will receive 200 million euros from the European Union as compensation and unspecified arms from the United States worth 700 million euros in exchange for giving its MiG-29 fleet to Ukraine, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said.
Michał Baranowski, managing director of Warsaw-based GMF East, part of the German Marshall Fund think tank, said changing conditions now permit such a move since the initial reluctance to respond to Ukraine’s request. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine had several dozen MiG-29s it inherited in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, but it’s unclear how many remain in service after more than a year of fighting.
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