A Polish official said Monday that Warsaw had delivered its first batch of Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.
“A few MiG-29s have already been sent. They are indeed helpful to Ukraine in its defense of our collective security,” said Marcin Przydacz, a Polish presidential aide, according to AFP.
It’s not clear how many planes Poland will provide Kyiv. When Polish President Andrzej Duda announced last month that Warsaw would send MiG-29s, he said the first batch would be four fighter jets and that more deliveries could follow.
Poland was the first NATO member to pledge to send fighter jets to Ukraine, which marks an escalation of the alliance’s support for Kyiv. Slovakia followed Poland and said it delivered the first four of 13 MiG-29s it promised Ukraine on March 23.
Last year, in March 2022, the Pentagon turned down a Polish proposal to send MiG-29s to Ukraine, fearing it would escalate the war. NATO officials said at the time that Russia could view such assistance as the alliance directly entering the war.
But now, the US and its allies aren’t as concerned about escalation. The US must have been involved in the decision to arm Ukraine with MiG-29s as it has offered Slovakia $660 million in financing for an attack helicopter deal as a reward for sending the jets.
Those are some ancient jets (1983 introduction) albeit updated to being somewhat to Russia’s level of their latest updates but won’t be a issue with Russian pilots with newer jets with better trained/experienced pilots.
In other news; the Wagner group just held a flag raising in the same city the comedian shares if lost it will be time to talk to Russia.
Of course DC won’t like that.
He’s been feeding his people into the woodchopper as expected, but soon enough we’ll enter the Karzai/Chalabi/Diem stage of calling Zelensky corrupt and incompetent and not-at-all-a-hero-anymore, and what were we thinking, ignore his selfish attempts to end war…
He does seem like the kind of guy who has people following him around shouting “dead man walking,” doesn’t he?
Don’t worry; Victoria Nuland will pick out a new leader for them.
Russia is also feeding its people to die for Putin’s personal war. At least Ukraine has something to fight for and not just trying to steal land from Russia.
Which wasn’t the point of my comment, but thanks for playing I guess.
Isn’t it nice, when we play so well together?… https://media1.giphy.com/media/TiUYdWptTqn8yOk1Dp/giphy.gif
At our grumpiest, still better than the best day in the mainstream.
Oh yes, those Russian pilots are SO well trained and experienced. We’ve all seen how great they are at establishing Air Superiority over the Ukraine airspace. pff.
These old planes they are getting will be used mainly for ground attacks under the protection of Ukrainian surface to air defenses.
I enjoy a bit of cynicism first thing in the morning Dj.
Ukraine is resorting to increasing the penalties for draft evasion while they are losing Bakhmut.
Even the comedian shares once he loses the city it will be time to negotiate.
Emmanuel Macron is in China with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen due there immediately after. China of course wants a ceasefire too.
Ukraine isn’t pushing Boris back no matter how many cafes and journalists they blow up in Russia.
Those 10 additional Polish MIGs are not going to last more than a hour or two if Russia decides to take on with modern jets and if they ignore them, they won’t matter to someone who runs a nation that fought WW2 in the manner it did.
The first wave have the rifles and the next wave pick them up from their dead comrades are what they know and Putin has many more warm bodies than the comedian does.
Wow, I don’t even have a come back for all this nonsense.
Facts are hard to refute but I’m sure you have some western propaganda you could share.
Facts?
More like Kremlin Facts Lol
Sure Julio,
Facts are better than simpleminded insults but if that’s all you have……
“A Polish official said Monday that Warsaw had delivered its first batch of Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.” I have a feeling it was not their “first batch.”
ESCALATION is not a word in our US vocabulary. Kicking a– and taking names is the name of the game, even if it means nuclear annihilation.
When Germany and Russia had annexed Poland, they were causing lot less of a trouble. No?
“First Batch of Polish MiG-29 Fighter Jets Arrive in Ukraine Slovakia has already delivered four of the Soviet-made jets”
“The US must have been involved in the decision to arm Ukraine with MiG-29s as it has offered Slovakia $660 million in financing for an attack helicopter deal as a reward for sending the jets.”
That’s what I thought. As other nations give Ukraine weapons the Biden administration rewards them with more and more American taxpayer’s money.
More profligate spending which will enhance inflation and hasten the demise of the US Dollar in the world.
From my resources:
The Polish MiG-29s are an export version with 30% less thrust than Russian MiG-29s.
In addition, these are old tired jets and the maintenance man hours per flight hour ration makes them less cost effective to operate!
Lol
Thank you for confirming my suspicions that like the US the Russians do not export the best versions of their jets.