WARSAW, Apr 3 Poland handed over several MiG-fighters to Ukraine 29, said Marcin Przydacz, head of the International Policy Bureau of the Office of the President of Poland, on the air of the RMF FM radio station. .
In response to a clarification question whether Polish or Slovak MiG-29s arrived in Ukraine, he said: «Slovaks are Slovaks, and we are talking about Polish ones.»
«According to my information , this process has already ended, in the sense of the transfer of the first part,» Przydach added.
At the same time, he noted that Poland, in any case, was going to decommission these fighters in the near future. «Why did we need them in Poland? This is post-Soviet equipment that should have been replaced within the next few years,» the head of the office said.
Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Ukraine would receive from Warsaw in the coming days the first four MiG-29 fighters. Later, the Slovak government also announced that it had decided to transfer its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said that he «does not exclude» the supply of combat aircraft to Kyiv.
Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Lavrov also stated that the US and NATO are directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, «including not only the supply of weapons, but also the training of personnel … on the territory of Great Britain, Germany, Italy and other countries.»
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