Flags on the Bundestag building in Berlin, GermanyBERLIN, Mar 7The German party «Left» strongly condemned the statements of German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock on the possible supply of Polish MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz «to stop his minister.» Ukraine Polish MiG-29 fighters. Chancellor Olaf Scholz must stop his foreign minister, who is irresponsibly threatening to pave the way for further escalation and expansion of Russia's war, including against NATO members, with her promises of support for MiG-29 fighter jets for Ukraine,» said a member of the German Bundestag committee on international politics and official representative of the «Left» faction for foreign policy and disarmament, Sevim Dagdelen.Germany explained the main danger of introducing a no-fly zone over UkraineAccording to Dagdelen, who spoke on a talk show on the ARD TV channel, Burbock not only «deliberately ignored the government's position in Warsaw,» but also provoked «a further escalation up to the involvement of NATO» in hostilities in Ukraine. Earlier, speaking on a show on the ARD TV channel on Sunday, Burbock said that preparations for the transfer of Polish MiG-29s to Kiev continue. The decision to transfer combat aircraft from Poland to Ukraine has not yet been made, Polish government spokesman Piotr Müller said on March 6.The Foreign Ministry reacted to Germany's decision to supply weapons to UkraineAt the same time, a number of publications, against the backdrop of the situation around Ukraine, write about Washington's negotiations with Warsaw on the possible replenishment of Poland's fighter fleet if the country transfers its old MiGs to Kiev. This is reported, in particular, by the newspaper Politico, which notes that «last week Poland was considering sending its military aircraft to Ukraine.» According to the Wall Street Journal, on Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky held a video call with members of the US Congress, during which he called for assistance in obtaining military assistance to Ukraine, especially «Russian-made fighter jets that Ukrainian pilots can fly.» The newspaper writes that the United States is studying a deal under which Poland can provide Ukraine with «Soviet aircraft», in return for receiving American F-16 fighters from the United States. The Financial Times, in turn, notes that the White House pointed to «a number of complex practical issues, including how aircraft can be transferred from Poland to Ukraine.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized.
